I used to have the Ness, but I think I've lost it.

@The Ord Mandell Factor:= The added depth given to books and films by referencing unseen events. Comes from That bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mandell from _The Empire Strikes Back_.

Example: _The Hobbit_ is great. Tolkein brings the Ord Mandell factor into full force.

@the oughts:= The first decade of the 21st century.

Example: The oughts will be a decade of change.

@the package:= U.S. Secret Service jargon for the person being protected at any given time.

Example: The Veep was the package for that evening so we had a relatively large detail.

@The PMA:= Pronounced: pee-em-ay - An organization started by Dr. Alec Maguire (musicologist/bartender) that critiques music. Organization faves are Blue Rodeo, Toad My Wet Sprocket, and anything with Accordion.

Example: I heard that the PMA gave the new Blue Rodeo record 5 Stars.

@The Puzzle Palace:= Washington DC expressio, The National Security Agency.

Example: Has the Puzzle Palace decrypted the communications we intercepted yesterday?

@The S:= A superior being whose sole purpose in life is to rub in his superiority to other human beings.

Example: Dont Mess with The S

@the side eye:= When someone is suspicious of something, she can turn her head at said thing,

and look at it through her peripheral vision. This conveys suspicion.

Example: I was just walking down the dorm hall, and this girl I passed gave me the side eye. I guess she's suspicious of me, probably thinks I want to jump her.

@the smile:= the three point line

Example: and zac fires one up from behind the smile... and it's good for three points!

@the snorks:= when grass in a field or park is wet from rain.

Example: Don't cut through the park, it's gonna be the snorks.

@The sooner the quicker:= As soon as possible, ASAP

Example: Do it now!

@the taste that rocks my face:= phase commonly used after tasting something gooder than good

Example: Kate's strawberry lip gloss has the taste that rocks my face!

@the tool:= Hammer, esp. when used to destroy an item that has not responded to reasonable requests to repair itself; usually requiring the use of The Tool, Part II (i.e. credit card) to replace said item. (See also barbarian method)

Example: We knew to put on safety goggles when Dad went to go get The Tool. Later, mother had to use The Tool, Part II, to buy us new bicycles.

@the void:= The empty feeling when you lack the physical contact from a relationship.

Example: Rebound relationships satisfy the void.

Now that I broke up with my significant other, the void is consuming me.

I was with that person to fill the void. It wasn't serious

@The W's:= The internet. Refers to the www. prefix to most internet addresses.

Example: Hey, Kris, look up the movie listings on the W's.

@the world:= To do something very completely or very well, often in a competition.

Example: 1. When playing Bond multiplayer on the N64, John would devastate the world.

2. His car was so fast that he could smoke all competitors right off the world.

@The yellophone:= basically just the telephone but also known as the yellophone

Example: I called Nooge on the yellophone

@the zacklies:= What you have the morning after a good party. (From exactly, in the sense of my mouth tastes exactly like my butt this morning.

Example: Hey... you got a coke? I got a bad case of the zacklies this morning.

@the:= The as in the word *the* but with quotes, the. Vernacular-punctuative distinction placed on the noun preceded by article; when spoken, emphasis is simply placed on article rather than noun.

Example: Example:

I went to see the Kate the other day.

Variants:

I went to see the Kate the other day.

I went to see The Kate the other day.

@Theiatry:= God healing religion created by yours truly.

Example: All are invited to participate in services with Rev. Sunshine and the Original Church of Theiatry.

@theire (also thier, thiere):= Their + there, for those who misspell their--or don't know when to use their and when to use there.

Example: Theire she goes again, trying to help us use English properly. Don't she know? Most submitters doesn't care whether or not theire language use is sub-standard. They just want to be able to tell theire fiends they got a new word published in an online dictionary.

@Thematic Buckets:= Content Gategories/Groupings

Example:

@therapize:= Transitive verb to indicate the action of a therapist doing her work with a patient.

Example: I have three patients this afternoon, and even before lunch I have to therapize Mrs. Johnson.

@therapy fodder:= A self-affirming way of describing something really awful that happened - you're going to have something to talk to your psychologist about! (Note: this actual phrase is used by maybe five people on the face of the earth. It's a good explanation for my URL though.)

Example: Yeah, so my boyfriend just dumped me. Ah well, it's all therapy fodder...

@therapy:= Cigarette-smoking sessions that must be conducted in a designated place.

Example: I drove by the office building and saw a bunch of workers having some therapy outside.

@there is no ass:= To be said sarcastically when somebody says something very philsophical. From _The Story of Us_.

Example: Nicky: Or time is falling away, like sand; the tighter you grasp it, the more it flows through your fingers.

Lauryn: Ooooh, there is no ass.

@thermasm:= The pleasure felt when you are cold and immerse yourself in a hot tub.

Example: I sunk into the hot water and felt a thermasm.

@thermo-dymanameter:= Your leg, when you stick it out from under the sheets in bed because you are too hot.

Example: During the summer, Lucy uses her thermo-dymanameter to cool off.

@thesarvo:= This Afternoon (Aussie slang)

Example: Wotcha doin' thesarvo? Goin' to a barbie.

@Thick:= Apart from the more common definitions, used to describe a Woman who is heavy, but not fat, and still pretty. All round in the right spots.

Example: I wicked liked that chick I met last night. She's tall with a great body, and a real cutie. She's not skinny, but not fat either ... I dunno, she's just kinda like Thick, ya know?

@thickbook:= (n) Expensive and big software tutorial books that based their thickness on boring and non-intuitive presentation of contents. Such as your typical Whatever-For-The-Web kind of books. Tutorial books that remind you of bio or chemistry text.

Example: That Flash thickbook is so crappy I couldn't learn anything from it. I fell a sleep everytime I read it.

@Thigh Ornament:= 1. A person whose only value is in her good looks.