Urban Dictionary: self expression

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1. Personal actions or habits intended to convey, or expose, emotional or intellectual conviction. 2. The act of creating art for the sake of personal gratification. 3. A generalization applied to any action that lacks skill or outside desirability, but is, within it's self, a worthwhile endeavor.

1. It's hard to understand why wearing clothes from Hot Topic is considered self expression, when everyone else is doing the exact same thing. 2. We allow the patients a little time for self expression during arts & crafts; it helps keep them from nutting-up on eachother. 3. It could be said that urban-America is reforming it's self into a more positive environment, by using the art of self expression to cope with all the angst and percieved inequities which once drove it's population to pacify themselves with drugs and crime.

by Shannon September 09, 2003

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Second String Friend

Noun: a friend who is usually only called upon by a friend when a more primary/prominent friend is unavailable.

Taken from the term “second string” in an athletic competition situation. In football, if the star quarterback gets injured during a play, the second string is called off the bench to replace him/her. A “Second String Friend” is essentially benched until needed, if ever.

Synonyms: Plan B, Second Choice, Secondary Friend, Benched Until Needed

I got a call from X the other night. She had an extra ticket to a concert she bought for a friend, but they couldn’t make it so she called me to ask if I wanted to go because I am her Second String Friend.

by Deus-ex-machina August 26, 2020

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self expression

anyone who sees self expression as a liberalist act of pacifism is narrow-minded and probably does nothing but talk about sports and guns all day long to people who could care less but feel sorry for him cause they know he's a loser. it's being able to create something that is your own and defines you as a person.

jocks, government workers and business men.

by jdogg2020 December 21, 2004

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self expression

1. Method of expressing feelings or opinions through physical means

2. The act of bitching and whining and calling it self expression

1a. The artist showed self expression about his piece about wartime Iraq

2a. That emo kid's self expression makes me want to kick him in the nads

by G. Matlin September 07, 2003

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self expression

1.) The act of one person screaming at the top of their lungs in a crowd. 2.) The act of a person or group of people doing something odd or gay. 3.) One or more people choosing to behave in a certain form or fashion that does not adhere to socially acceptable codes.

Look at that group using self expression.

This bar is full of drunks and self expression.

Those clothes are full of self expression.

by J September 11, 2003