1. a city in the San Fran metropolis, has a high homosexual population.

2. a name, the masculine version (feminine versions are birkely,berklee). Berkeleys are very nice, but awkward, Berkeleys are EXTREMELY smart, and are great friends, once you get past their awkward tendencies, Berkeley's are very conservative in their feelings, and this usually stresses them into being more awkward. they are teddy bears to anyone who is nice to them, and they will defend you through Armageddon. these are great people. berkeleys are big, and strong, they tend to snap hard, and when they get mad they will beat you near to death. so don't play with them.
1. berkeley is the rainbow city!
2. 4.0s, caring, and crazy nice, Berkeley is the best person in the world!
by riffehunter January 31, 2012
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"By golly, she has the largest pair of Berkeleys!"
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A person, often of elitist persuasion, often women, who maximizes the duration of words while minimizing the duration of spaces between words because: (a) the person wishes to prevent interruption during speech, and/or (b) the person requires more time to create connecting sentences due to the influence of mind-altering chemicals, such as marijuana.

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While narrating classic literature for a public radio program, a Berkeley hummer from The New York Times took five minutes to read the opening line of Moby Dick, in the morning.
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1. Berkeley high (BHS) is a place for stoners and preps alike. Located in Berkeley, California, there is no wrong way to be at this school. Filled with the youth of today's America, some wanting to learn, some wanting to burn. And there's lots of that too, after all, it is berkeley.
2. Because of its large amount of Mary Jane, a common term has become being 'Berkeley High'.
1. Bro #1: "What college are you gonna go to man?"
Bro #2: "I go to berkeley high bruh... don't you mean: 'are you gonna go to college'?"
2. Bro #1: "Dude how stoned are you on a scale of sorta high to berkeley high?"
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Similar to the beer goggles effect, a person which one would not find typically attractive is seen as attractive. This effect is a cause of the UC Berkeley bubble, where a lesser amount of typically attractive people exist. Another factor included is the envelopment of academia connected to a decline in one's social life.
Me: At first I didn't think (insert name here) was so cute, but there is something different about them this semester.

Friend: Looks like you're sporting the Berkeley goggles now. You've been in the Berkeley bubble too long. At least your option has a good personality.
by OskiSurf July 31, 2008
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Someone who will stop you as you walk and tell you:

a) You look good, son. Naw, naw don't leave, I jus wanna talk ta ya...

b) I will take verbal abuse for change

among many other statements. They will often smoke weed or crack right on the street, and the cops don't care. They have an 'ignore the bums' policy.

These bums will often wander onto campus to have enlightening conversations about the bible, only to pass out in the middle of a pathway.

They are generally nice people, some even have advanced degrees, but somewhere along the line (around 1967-1975) they just fucked up and couldn't recover. Most of the sleep in people's park.
Paco: Yo G, you see that Berkeley bum?

Jaime: Yeah, how'd he get all the way down to Stockton?

Paco: Shit if I know, but he taught me about the space-time continuum, I feel like I might go back to school.

Jaime: Yeah, they are pretty smart, but yet they don't do shit with their lives 'cept create elaborate radio mixing equipment next to Top Dog.
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A place where you run a 50% chance of getting your bike stolen, a 65% chance of getting your computer jacked, and 100% chance of compromising on all your conservative values. Still, you will reflect on your time there with the same nostalgia once sung by Bryan Adams- "Those were the best years of my life."
You: I was gone for 10 minutes, came back to my table in the library, and my computer was gone.

Officer: What did you expect? This is UC Berkeley.
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