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as a friend

The three words that let you know that your (near) intimate relationship has come to an end. Usually delivered from female to male, it is the defining phrase that lets the "dropped" individual finally know that it is OVER.
Donna told him gently, "Dave, you know that I have always been very fond of you; but, now, I want to continue our relationship as just a friend."
by Joe Neubarth March 29, 2005
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dusted

To be killed. (i.e. Turned into the dust that you were created from.)
The Mafia dusted him. I feel sorry for his widow and children.
by Joe Neubarth March 10, 2005
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helicopter parent

An individual parent who hovers over their child well into adulthood. Very seldom are there two helicopter parents in one family. One is enough to hover and annoy their thirty or forty year old "child" to the point of extreme exasperation.
He's forty two years old, but his "helicopter parent" mother comes over every day to make certain that absolutely everything in his life is right. (This includes selecting the right food, clothes, furnishings, girlfriends, friends, and job that her darling son has.)
by Joe Neubarth August 2, 2007
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GREATEST DEPRESSION

The Global Depression that started in September 2008 and will continue for a dozen years.
The GREATEST DEPRESSION of all time was the global depression that started in 2008.
by Joe Neubarth February 9, 2009
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lame

Usually refers to the lack of awareness of an individual. A person who is not alert to present culture, style or music is LAME
At 29, Bob still lives with his parents and has lost contact with what is happening in our world. He is so LAME!
by Joe Neubarth January 7, 2007
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basketball jones

A Basketball Jones is an obsession with the sport of basketball. Kids who play the game and only think of the world in terms of basketball and their potential success at it.
That's all he ever thinks about. He's got a Basketball Jones.
by Joe Neubarth January 21, 2005
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do the math

Refers to taking accounting as a major in college. Sometimes called "Doing the math thing," it refers to the tedium of math calculations in the preparation for the job and in the jog itself.
I'm going after the higher paying money jobs after college so I am "doing the math."
by Joe Neubarth April 7, 2005
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