Jason Verlander Delay

Otherwise known as a 'Verlander delay.'

1. To put off a baseball game because of a possible threat of rain, because rain could mess up the start of the game.

2. To put something off because you know that you'll do a better job if you do it later, or because there's a chance that you could do it wrong at the moment that it's assigned.

1. "Did you hear about last night? They put a Jason Verlander Delay on the Athletics/Tigers game because it was gonna rain. Yeah, it was only some passing stormclouds, but y'know, the rain could have really messed up Verlander's start."

2. "I'm on some cold meds, so I'm Verlander Delaying my math homework until I can focus better."

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silly bandz

Probably one of the most ridiculous fads in the history of fads.
Silly Bandz are colourful rubber bands that have been shaped to resemble letters, objects, animals and even people or entire words.
Elementary, middle and even high schoolers, sometimes even college students or adults will be seen with dozens or even hundreds on their arms.
The obsession shared by many has been labeled as SBS, or Silly Band Syndrome, to which there is no cure. The ability to resist their colourful shapes and stretchyness is called SBR, or Silly Band Resistance.

Most people with any sense of individuality will refuse to wear Silly Bandz, while anyone else will become obsessed.

Karlie: "Look, I got some Silly Bandz!"
Lydia: "Those things are fucking ridiculous. Do you really not know how to separate yourself from the rest of the crowd?"

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Help!

1) A 1965 Beatles film, starring the Beatles, some foreign guys and a couple of scientists.

An Eastern cult tries to make a sacrifice, only realizing that the sacrificial ring is gone.
Of course, Mr. Starr is wearing it.
So some guys from this cult go after the Fab Four in attempt to retrieve the ring, which won't come off of Ringo's finger.
Some scientists find this rather interesting and now want the ring for themselves.
At the intermission, Paul and George throw darts at the camera and John bobs Ringo up and down like a yo-yo.
Then the mop-tops keep on running, finding themselves in multiple well known areas until they end up at a beach.
When they finally catch Ringo and are painting him the sacrificial red, the ring falls off.

2) A 1965 Beatles album, setlist consisting of:
Side one-
Help!
The Night Before
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I Need You
Another Girl
You're Going To Lose That Girl
Ticket to Ride

Side two-
Act Naturally
It's Only Love
You Like Me Too Much
Tell Me What You See
I've Just Seen A Face
Yesterday
Dizzy Miss Lizzy

3) 1965 Beatles song, found on the album Help!

1) Have you seen Help!? The plot is totally jacked up, but it's still hilarious.

2) Not doing much, listening to Help!

3) Now playing: Help!

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flickr syndrome

When spending too much time online, some people will forget the 'e' in 'flicker' or any other word ending with 'er'

John was having a hard time curing his flickr syndrome.

Detroit

Amazing city, typically wrongly defined by stereotypes. It has it's pros, and it's cons, but it's never as bad as people say.
Place where anyone in Michigan claims to be from. You can ask someone from Kalamazoo or Cheboygan where they're from, and they'll say Detroit.

Detroit has a bad rep, thanks to stereotypes.

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1) The most influential thing ever written while high.

2) An extremely popular Beatles album.

My favorite Beatles album is Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

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gone like Roger Daltrey's shirt

A way of emphasizing just how gone something is.
Typically used when something disappears with no trace of where it went whatsoever.

Derived from the Who's lead vocalist, Roger Daltrey, and how in the later years of the band, his shirt would just...poof. It's gone.

"Moooom, my tablet pen is gone!"
"No it's not."
"Yes it is! It's gone like...like...it's gone like Roger Daltrey's shirt!"