A person who you we're originally supposed to end up with, but due to a cause of fate or by consequences cause by you the relationship failed and as time goes by you wonder what you and that person could have been, making them the one that got away.
Friend 1: isn't that the girl you dated for like a year?
Friend 2: oh yeah, she's the one that got away..
A person you had a lot of feelings for and still do. The person you wanted to be worth it and you wonder why it never worked out and if you should have done more, tried harder . In the end you think your over them but no one compares really.
“Shit I looked back at the pictures of us from the party the other day and our conversations about that wanderlust song and realised that I fucked up. I wish I had tried more with him. He’s definatly the one that got away
That guy you you could have had it all with but something, whether it was distance or just bad timing, drove you apart and now your left wondering, "what if?"
Tonight's one of those nights I think of Charlie and listen to Boston by Augustana on repeat...alas he was the one that got away.
another term for a station wagon, mini-van, or any other kind of vehicle that is targeted at the "family" demographic(also M.A.V.)
"Tactical advantages aside, the M.A.V. is top of the line for the holy warrior troop transport manufactured by the Church of Latter Day Saints Military Industrial Complex. Also great for family trips...to heathen lands."
12 step recovery jargon referring to someone new who talks about how great life is, now that they'resober. Usually meaning that the person is out of touch with reality.
The new guy seems pretty happy for a dude who has no job, no money and no family. He must be on a pink cloud.