A line, said by Philocetes, in Disney and Square Enix's PS2 game "Kingdom Hearts II" when you are fighting the Hydra Boss in Olympus Coluseum. The line has gained infamy since Phil shouts it several times before Sora can actually do what he's saying.
The process of documenting networks of gossips, often at an office or at school, by feeding distinctive, false statements to different members of the network and then listening for references to those statements made by other members of the network.
"Nicholas never had thought to take up the game himself, to feed the hydra false information that wold echo in the whispering of its many heads" — John Fowles, "The Magus"
The act of tripping off of diphenhydramine hcl. A chemical found in sleeping pills and some allergy medication, a large enough dose acts as a deliriant, and can cause hallucinations, confusion, and one hell of a good time.
Last night I had an entire conversation with Abraham Lincoln before I realized he wasn't actually there. That's how you ride the hydra.
A technique used by intelligence agencies to uproot spies by feeding them phony information, then documenting their response to it. Also used by attorneys, and others, to reveal breaches of confidentiality.
As soon as we began to suspect Vincent was leaking information to the Nazis, we responded by feeding the hydra, and the Nazis responded as you would predict.
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.
After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.
Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.
In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.
The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.
Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.
A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."