A realization made when someone else is talking to you. The moment when you finally figure something out because another person is talking or doing something that brings about the answer. Commonly featured on House, M.D., and named after Dr. Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie).
Brandon had a House-like epiphany by watching someone else play the saxophone. He told me, "I want to play like that!"
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Get the House-like epiphany mug.A condition similar to blexit, in which a black democrat has an epiphany, realizing that the democratic party doesn't care about black people in America as much as it pretends to.
A democrat having an epiphany? Well the best examples I can think of are Leo Terell and Candace Owens
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Get the A democrat having an epiphany mug.The moment when a novice musician realises all western music ever composed is made from a repeating pattern of 12 semitones.
I had a 12 Step Epiphany last night, Steve. That's when you realise all music is made with just 12 different semitones...
I KNOW, RIGHT?
I KNOW, RIGHT?
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But I had a pretty girl epiphany a while ago, and I’ve been playing it cool as a cucumber can be since.”
by Whambulance July 30, 2019
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Tim told his friend Gina that in the days following the Hurricane he was restless and starting to get depressed. Without the subways running and no cable or Internet he didn’t know what to do with himself.
“I was laying in my bed one afternoon looking up at the ceiling,” explained Tim, “and it hit me: I didn’t always have to be busy to feel valuable. I am enough.”
“Duh!” said Gina, “sounds like you had a first world epiphany.“
“I was laying in my bed one afternoon looking up at the ceiling,” explained Tim, “and it hit me: I didn’t always have to be busy to feel valuable. I am enough.”
“Duh!” said Gina, “sounds like you had a first world epiphany.“
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by Botanist420 July 31, 2010
Get the Paradigm Shifting Epiphany of Botanical Knowledge mug.You are a member of the Epiphany club if you were born in the twelve days before or after Christmas (13th Dec - 6th Jan). Membership of the Epiphany club bestows some, if not all, of the following benefits:-
• People forget your birthday completely
• People will not buy you a Christmas / Birthday present (delete as appropriate), opting instead to buy you 'One big present' which never is.
• Nobody will want to attend a birthday party or go out on your birthday as they're too busy / broke / partied out / away visiting family. However will often say, "We will have a second birthday party in the summer" (which never materialises). There is an exception for those born on New Years Eve who do get to go out and party but attendees do it for the wrong reason.
• Your birthday presents (if you get one (see above)) will be wrapped in Christmas paper and the gift giver will apologise saying, "I couldn't find any birthday wrapping paper and had a lot of that instead"
• People forget your birthday completely
• People will not buy you a Christmas / Birthday present (delete as appropriate), opting instead to buy you 'One big present' which never is.
• Nobody will want to attend a birthday party or go out on your birthday as they're too busy / broke / partied out / away visiting family. However will often say, "We will have a second birthday party in the summer" (which never materialises). There is an exception for those born on New Years Eve who do get to go out and party but attendees do it for the wrong reason.
• Your birthday presents (if you get one (see above)) will be wrapped in Christmas paper and the gift giver will apologise saying, "I couldn't find any birthday wrapping paper and had a lot of that instead"
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