The temporary after-effects of a tragedy big enough to attract public attention, whereby politicians talk on and on (and on and on...) about how people need to be more civil and respectful of each other, when everyone knows the new mindset is a temporary one.
Can also be used to describe what happens after a business aquisition when the CEO of the expanded company addresses the employees of the acquired firm and says 'we're all one big family', just before the layoff notices are sent.
Person 1: I think that due to (fill in tragedy here) people are going to think before they do or say something hurtful when they disagree.
Person 2: Why, because of all that kum ba yada yada yada on TV? Don't hold your breath.
Any arbitrarily taken holiday or unoficial vacation. Usually celebrated in schools but can be celebrated during any other event. The day consists of taking the day off from school, work, etc and just having fun.
A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.
An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"
Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."