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the despair faction 

A really cool fan club for AFI. When you join you get a crapload of cool AFI shit. The members-only website is really lacking though.
wow on 30 bucks! im in!

The Despair Faction 

A fan club for One of the greatest bands of all time, AFI. It costs thirty dollars to join, and all who join get a special package and special advantages.

Guy: Dude! I joined the DF!
other guy: Dude! I'm so jealous! That's a hardcore group of fans! and you get special stuff!
Guy: Dude! I know!
The Despair Faction by Ashley October 22, 2003

The Action Faction 

A new and upcoming YouTube channel. Also known by TAF.
Have you seen the latest video released by The Action Faction?
The Action Faction by Peter Longdon December 3, 2018

The Downtown Fiction

An alternative band from Virginia. Cameron Leahy on vocals and guitar, David Pavluk on bass, and Wes Dimond on guitar. They have the most rockin' music and are the sexiest men alive.
"Hey man, did you see the Downtown Fiction last night?" "Yeah, they totally rocked it!"

Fiction on the Fly 

(1) the less-than-honest but tried-and-true method used by married spouses for dealing with an indiscretion; a more sophisticated version of "thinking out loud"

(2) the time-honored technique used by politicians, lawyers and publicists to add sunshine to a murky situation or deflect attention

(3) a rhetorical device employed by men to cover a wide range of pre- and post-romantic interludes

(4) the immediate and often creative explanation to something you have no clue about

Etymology - derived from the David Mamet comedy, State and Main (2000); William H. Macy character Walt Price: It's not a lie. It's a gift for fiction.”
Mark Antony - “Those are some crazy pheromones on your perfumed sails. Mrs. Philopator, you're trying to seduce me.”

Cleopatra (in her best fiction on the fly) – “Don’t be silly sweetie. It’s just an old Ptolemaic dynasty tradition. Your imagination is more fertile than the Nile River. ”

“Damn you and your Fiction on the Fly. You WERE checking that girl out. It had nothing to do with your claims about Tim Gunn and loving fashion."

“I’m sorry baby. It just slipped. Maybe we can use a safe word next time.” (most overheard--and overused--fiction on the fly)

“Yes. I googled my tweet and discovered that my linkedin got facebooked. How many pieces of social networking flair are you wearing today? “

"That Governor Sanford needs to work on both his TMI and Fiction on the Fly. Damn."

The Book of Nortreus (Non-Fiction Religious Book) 

Originally written by its author and writer, Werley Nortreus, the title The Book of Nortreus is a rare sacred non-fiction religious book. However, it is based on beautiful and important Biblical and Prophetic visions of God that Nortreus saw in Outer Space-Heaven-the Heavens. Accordingly, Nortreus wrote the book after confessing that he had seen God, Celestial Beings, and other Worlds through visions.
Did you know that Werley Nortreus wrote The Book of Nortreus (Non-Fiction Religious Book)?
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Respectfully 

Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.

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You met me at a very Chinese time in my life

A moment in time where you feel distinctly Chinese over all other things.
Dante: "I wish I could be Nigerian, but I can't because I'm Chinese. You met me at a very Chinese time in my life."
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