American Greed Vacation

This is the type of vacation that rich people take. They do not go to see the sights of the place they are visiting but to "relax" (except maybe to golf) and spend most of the vacation stuffing their faces with fancy food or drinking gallons of wine and lounging around the hotel or possibly the beach or pool. Generally the kinds of people who go to the same place all the time and have no appreciation for what a real vacation is.
When you go to Hawaii you see a lot of people in the resort areas on American Greed Vacations.
by New English January 11, 2009
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McChild

also called McKid, name given to the current crop of children born from about 1990 to the present, of which a large percentage are overweight or obese due to eating fast food (hence the name) and other junk food and not getting much exercise, especially due to excessive video game playing
Parks are often empty on the weekends due to McChildren staying at home and playing video games.
A typical McChild's parents will make up an excuse to keep their child out of PE classes.
by New English December 08, 2008
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Ghost Box

Wal-Mart often leaves ghost boxes behind when they build Supercenters in favor of the smaller stores.
by New English December 14, 2008
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Pre-Holiday Movie

These are the movies that are released from the middle of October to about the middle of November, just before the holiday movie season. They may have some elements of being a holiday movie (slim but potential Oscar nomination, somewhat epic, drama, romantic comedy) but are usually not the major draw that the holiday blockbusters are. These are frequently horror movies to capitalize on Halloween.
The pre-holiday movies serve Hollywood by advertising the holiday blockbusters.
by New English October 10, 2010
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Transition Era

Also simply called the "Transition", this is the time period between the 80s and 90s, from 1989 to 1991, possibly very early 1992. This corresponds with the administration of George Bush. The Cold War was over, but the 90s had not started yet since Bill Clinton was not yet in office. Cartoons of the time period were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (along with their live-action movies) at the height of their popularity, the Nicktoons like Dough, Ren and Stimpy,and Rugrats, Captain Planet, and the latest Super Mario brothers cartoons to name a few. USA's cartoon express was still stubbornly hanging on though. This was also when music made a change from the 80s "hair bands" to the Seattle Sound and the grunge scene. Hip hop and rap were becoming more mainstream. The fashion was somewhat of a hybrid with 80s and 90s, neon colors remaining popular. This is also the same time that The Simpsonsfull length episodes premiered on the young FOX Network.
The Transition Era was awkward for all involved due to the drastic changes that occured. This has not occured before and so far not since.
by New English December 30, 2008
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Vulgaria

A neighborhood of McMansions.

A new snob hill

Many cities have new neighborhoods that are nothing more than a a Vulgaria.
by New English December 09, 2008
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Fresh Air Poisoning

An explanation for the current practice of parents keeping their kids inside all the time. These are the same kids who have allergies to everything because they have no immunity to anything. These kids are McChildren for the most part. This is also called grass poisoning and sunshine poisoning.
All these fat kids with allergies have suffered from fresh air poisoning.
by New English January 22, 2009
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