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Tuned In 

In Maryland.. a term used to describe being drunk.
I'm outright tuned in and turned up. (with slightly southern accent)
Tuned In by gzer0 September 24, 2006

turn on, tune in, drop out 

A term coined by Timothy Leary to describe the psychedelic experience. Leary explains it in his book Flashbacks as such

“Turn on’ meant go within to activate your neural and genetic equipment. Become sensitive to the many and various levels of consciousness and the specific triggers that engage them. Drugs were one way to accomplish this end. ‘Tune in’ meant interact harmoniously with the world around you – externalize, materialize, express your new internal perspectives. Drop out suggested an elective, selective, graceful process of detachment from involuntary or unconscious commitments. ‘Drop Out’ meant self-reliance, a discovery of one’s singularity, a commitment to mobility, choice, and change. Unhappily my explanations of this sequence of personal development were often misinterpreted to mean ‘Get stoned and abandon all constructive activity.”
"Like every great religion of the past we seek to find the divinity within and to express this revelation in a life of glorification and the worship of God. These ancient goals we define in the metaphor of the present — turn on, tune in, drop out." - Timothy Leary

Tune In Tokyo 

A game you play by telling a girl to put her hands behind her head and say, "beep, beep, beep..." and twist at the waist. Then boy says sometihng to the effect "Picture this: it's WWII and our ship is going down in the middle of the Pacific and our only hope is the short wave radio." Now the boy puts his hands on the girl's breasts and twists them as if they were radio knobs saying "Tune in, Tokyo! Tune in Tokyo!..."
I wanted to touch her boobies so I suggested a freindly game of "Tune In Tokyo".
Tune In Tokyo by DJ Ghandi August 11, 2003

Tune in Tokyo 

The repeated (and often excessive) twisting of nipples during foreplay.
Jenni's nipples were raw after her boyfriend played Tune in Tokyo with them all night.
Tune in Tokyo by Ranford Bellows March 15, 2004
Attempt to flirt/chat up a member of the opposite sex.
Hey dude, you should try and tune in with that girl over there.

Q: Hey what you been up to today?
A: Tuning in with Sarah.
tune in by Matthew12345 September 27, 2006

Tune In Tokyo 

1) A figure of speech that hints to a possible a hidden meaning or message.
2) To send a hidden meaning or message.
Did the Nortorious R.B.G. "tune in Tokyo" and signal the outcome of the SCOTUS marriage equality trial when she gave a special emphasis on the word “Constitution,” while pronouncing two men "married by the powers vested in me by the Constitution of the United States."
Tune In Tokyo by BattleBorn May 19, 2015
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Northstarring

Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
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