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riding the faders 

What a sound engineer does during a performance or while mixing music in a recording studio.
I spend last weekend riding the faders at the music festival
riding the faders by echozero March 8, 2007

turn up the fader 

(verb) to party in such a way that results in intoxication; comes from the term faded, meaning to be intoxicated by means of alcohol and/or drugs and is a reference to the audio engineering action "turn up the fader", meaning to gradually increase the level of an audio signal.
Yo, I'm free tonight; let's hit the clubs and turn up the fader!
turn up the fader by atlshawty84 April 28, 2009

The fakers 

They’re usually the ones who draw attention to themselves right away. By posting a pic of themselves on the game’s forums, or by making their profile, avatar, etc etc, overly girly so people can spot them from a mile away. If they can type their posts in Pink, they will do it.
Typical things you’ll see in any chat from The fakers will include:

- XD or xD

- X3 or x3 or :3

- references to “cute” on almost everything
The fakers by AtrociousAntics August 15, 2010

place in the world fades away 

The Encore Of Dementia, The Finale Of Everywhere At The End Of Time Or The Most Beautiful But Depressing Piece Of Music Ever Made.

Based Of Saint Luke Passion By Bach, More Specifically The Part Known As "Lass Mich Ihn Nur Noch Einmal Küssen".
Ah, The place in the world fades away Is So Good, So Melancholic!

Have You Heard Of The place in the world fades away? It's So Sad!

Oh Son, I Think My place in the world fades away.
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Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
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