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Getting better, actively rising above, coming in to your own, living large and getting larger.
"Feeling damn good, I'm on the up and up!"
by j e t August 26, 2005
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A moment that is generally agreed to have had a significant influence on pop culture and everyday life. While the term was coined by Rose McGowan in context of the #MeToo movement, and is mostly associated with the K-pop community, the phenomenon is universal and a basic component of how culture works.

Real world events such as social/political movements, the election of a new U.S. President, major catastrophes and disasters, as well as entertainment such as movies, music and TV, can all function as cultural resets. Notable cultural resets in relatively recent memory include:

* The Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964
* The Watergate scandal of 1974
* The release of Nevermind by Nirvana in 1991
* The September 11, 2001 attacks
* The election and inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009
* The COVID-19 pandemic
"The Nineties politically started with the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolving on December 26, 1991, and ended with both the 2000 Presidential election which saw the victory of George W. Bush and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 which left people so stupefied that it functioned as something of a cultural reset button." - TV Tropes' article on the 1990s
by Spike from Degrassi February 09, 2021
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The opposite of keepin it on the downlow or doing stuff that you don't want anyone to know.
I ain't got nothing to hide...it's all on the up and up. We together, he cool.
by Dr Dre August 18, 2005
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Said of outspoken, autocratic persons that profess to always be right and boast about how they 'told somebody off'.
I feel jaded after listening to her. She's always on the up and up.
by Indiana Jones February 20, 2004
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Fred: She don't know what's up.

Ted: Yup, she ain't on the up and up. I'm good.
by booziebobeep August 08, 2017
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To be under the influence of any type of substance that will cause one to be spun out.
Shit...I was on the up and up for a minute after I did that eightball!
by Rick Rock And Ya Don't Stop August 08, 2007
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when you give a cop a blowjob to avoid a ticket
<officer pulls you over and approaches window>
officer: "do you know how fast you were going?"
you: "yes officer, and I'm sorry. If we could just keep this on the up and up, I'd like to keep the points off my license."
officer: <unbuckles pants>
by lexographic January 03, 2021
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