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A cheeky reference to heroines of Victorian operas and novels, who frequently became ill -- but not so ill they can't remain both romantically tragic and, above all, beautiful. Usually they have tuberculosis (TB), which allows for dramatic coughing up of blood, tender goodbyes with devastated lovers, and a ROBUST aria right before she perishes. Somehow the fact that she's dying of an airborne disease never deters anyone from seeking out her intimate company. She's got this charming pink glow to her fevered cheeks that no gentleman can resist...
Authors of these stories love to wax rhapsodic about the heroine's "milky" or "alabaster" skin, and the sicker she gets the more exquisitely white she becomes! While modern readers may wonder why anyone would want to make love to a woman the same color as chalk, bleach, or the cliffs of Dover, the Victorians were very turned on by these connotations of racial purity. Nowadays such descriptions are considered purple prose, and if not outright racist then certainly in very poor taste.
The phrase "pale and interesting" is an oxymoron that mocks both the silliness and melodrama of this trope. You may feel sick as a dog, but hey, some uptight people with weird hang-ups around sex find that attractive! Lucky you!
See TVTropes.com's "Victorian Novel Disease" for a detailed description of the source material.
"I'm still nauseas, I'm just going to lie on this couch looking pale and interesting and hope hot person comes to talk to me."
"You definitely have a fever, but on the bright side you're looking very pale and interesting draped across that bed."
"This isn't a swoon, my arms and legs feel like wet noodles."
"Sexy."
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When a person has been in IKEA so long the items there actually start to look good.
Dude, I think you have Stockholm Syndrome. You've been staring at that Fillsta for an hour.
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When an older person (usually a man) around 40-50 is attractive. It comes from an episode of Rick and Morty where Summers friend talks about how she wants to fuck Jerry and says heโs โBeekeeping ageโ.
โOmg Pedro Pascal is definitely beekeeping ageโ
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The practice of booking a flight itinerary with a layover, but the layover site is actually the intended destination, rather than the final destination booked in the flight itinerary. Commonly used as a workaround to pay less for airfare.
While technically not illegal, airlines can sniff it out and punish those who do it, with punishments ranging from revoking frequent flyer miles to outright bans from the airline.
Jeremy got banned by Delta when they caught him skiplagging his Newark > Chicago > Seattle flight when he took his trip to Chicago.
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Means fuck your family back to the 18th generation
่ไฝ ็ฅๅฎๅๅ ซไปฃ!
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As incorporated in the Seinfeld episode "The Barber", the Penske File is the project George is given to work on in a job he may or may not have. Unsure as to whether he has the job, he is equally unsure as to what work he has to do on this file.
Thus, to refer to something as the "Penske File" denotes being given a task, not knowing what to do with it, but going along with it as if you do. This can consequently result in a lot of 'doing nothing', while looking like you are working hard.
Quote from Seinfeld: "Yes, yes of course. The Penske file. Ho ho, can't wait to sink my teeth into that. Wow that Penske. Well we'll straighten him out."
Starting a new job: "Well they told me what kind of work I'll be doing.. Didn't really understand them though... Guess I'll be working on the Penske File"
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Term coined in the 1990's to describe the affluence of many gay couples.
Describes the purchasing power of the gay community.
Often associated with political donations, but also extends to entertainment, consumables and property, with some companies tailoring products or services directly to this demographic.
Lady Gaga's popularity owes a great deal to the power of the "pink dollar".
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