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The defining moment in a relationship in which a person decides if there going to stay in the relationship. This includes work relationships in which a manager decides to keep that person on or throw them out. Even if that moment is only Physically a few seconds, in the brain it may last an eternity. That second impression can happen at any moment in life, while under great stress, while in great fear, or happiness.
2: The split second after Rejection or Affirmation. The impression we get from how a person handles rejection or congradulation. Do they jump for joy, weep in fear, low in drepression or disappointment, Scream in anger.
It was during Jill Second Impression that made her believe she could stay with john for the rest of her life and all eternity...
A person or thing, or message, that impresses; specifically: an agent that increases an emotional response, whether based on circumstances or induced by others who under the influence of the same or similar circumstances, that leads to an alternative reality or an instinctive desire to lie to others about who or what you really are; messages sent by a person to others for the purpose of impressing them about themselves, whether the information contained in the messages is true or false, and regardless of the medium used.
I just watched a reality TV show and the behavior of those in the show resulted in impressants bombarding me to the point that I became a habitual liar about who I am.
Verb. A strategy frequently encountered in academia wherein an individual attempts to impress or gain favor with superiors, peers, committees and institutions through the use of 1) technical jargon and bureaucratese 2) bootlicking people and/or institutions 3) lying about one's credentials, experience, knowledge and interests 4) cheating to get ahead and 5) attempting to make competition, newbies and non-academic folk feel stupid, useless or inadequate. In essence, being dishonest and attempting to be seem more learned and invested than one actually is in order to climb the ladder.
Unfortunately, many of the people that BSing to be impressing is directed at are fellow BSers, which allows the strategy to gain acceptance and perpetuate.
Ken got accepted into medical school not because he cares about people or has a genuine curiosity for human health, but because he has mastered the skill of BSing to be impressing, and thus was able to trick the admissions committee into thinking that he will make a good doctor. Really, he just wants money, recognition, and accolades. Once he begins practicing as an MD, he will absolutely let poor, minority, and/or female patients die.
When your sitting in your corner desk, reclined in your chair, with your eyes closed trying to take a nap.
Ryan spent all day working on his Lomax Impression while Jarid could not control his bowels.
force (someone) to serve in an army or navy.
"a number of Poles, impressed into the German army"