" american dream "

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1: A) to sue someone for something incredibly stupid and live off the money.

  * e.g.,  ... Johnny was biking in the park and he ran into a tree. He sued the council and got 10 mil. He's living the American Dream. 

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2: B) to otherwise make a lot of money for not a lot of effort, and spend the rest of your life being rich and getting plastic surgery.

 [ "american dream" ]

1: to achieve wealth or success by doing little or no work.

  * e.g.,  ... 6 months after robbing houses and slangin dope, i was living the american dream. 

 [ "american dream" ]

1: The fallacy that 100% of a population can have higher living standards than 90% of themselves.

  * e.g.,  ... Joe: Hey, Fred! If I stand on your head, I'll be higher up than you. 

 [ "american dream" ]

1: the bullshit idea our culture sells us that if we just try really hard we can acheive anything and can be anyone we want to be. it doesn't take into account class status, race, gender, or the fact that our country is mostly run by white males. thus, the "american dream" is not attainable for most, and they are left to feel worthless and looked down about if they cannot acheive it.

  * e.g.,  ... Bush is a fucking asshole and should be shot. 

 [ "american dream" ]

1: The belief that you will live in ease and harmony by recieving a great amount of money with as little effort as possible.

  * e.g.,  ... If I won the lottery, I'd have everything I ever wanted, and all I'd ever do is sit around and play Xbox and never do anything to contribute to the world around me. 

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2: This belief is most commonly followed by people 20+ who wake up one day and realize/believe that is is too late to go to college and find a job that you enjoy. So they sit around on their ass all day, go to work at the gas station/Burger King, then on the way home in their '81 Ford they pick up like 10 lottery tickets with a day's earnings and go home and yell at their kids and wait till 10 o'clock to check their lotto numbers. Then they lose, blame all of their troubles on some war being fought in some distant country they can't pronounce and go to sleep. Repeat every day until retirement.

 [ "american dream" ]

1: American dream a'merikan dri:m - the idea that by applying the laws of the jungle - survival of the fittest, either everybody would get rich, or all the poor people would die out.

  * e.g.,  ... - Say, buddy, can you spare some change? 

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1: The american dream is, in essence, liberty. You can come to America and not be held back by the government, your religion, or your social status. The american dream is freedom.

  * e.g.,  ... the american dream is freedom 

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1: To females, the American Dream is the house with the white fence, the kids, the dogs, and the whole shebang. To males, the American Dream is having a cool $20mil in the bank; allowing him any kind of lifestyle that he craves.

  * e.g.,  ... Did you know that Tess married a rich brain surgeon? They live right on the beach in Malibu, and you got to see the blue eyes of her newborn boy. They are living the American dream. 

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1: Something republicunts (repubs like bush) are destroying right now.

  * e.g.,  ... George W. Bush 

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1: Having sex with Jenna Jameson and three other porn stars of your choice.

  * e.g.,  ... I have enormous balls, Jenna.