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    [Noun]  | "me*di*um" | \ ˈmē-dē-əm \


    1: something in a middle position

    2: a middle condition or degree : mean

    3: a means of effecting or conveying something: such as


    Origin: 1593 ;

     Latin, from neuter of medius middle ;

    [Noun]  | "medium frequency" 


    1: a radio frequency between high frequency and low frequency


    Origin: 1920 ;

    [Noun]  | "medium roast" 


    1: a coffee roast characterized by medium brown coffee beans with a dry texture and moderate acidity, bitterness, and caffeine levels and that is produced by roasting coffee beans at temperatures typically between 410-440°F (210-230°C)


    Origin: 1894 ;

    [Noun]  | "mass medium" 


    1: a form of communication (such as newspapers, radio, television, or the Internet) that is designed to reach many people —usually used in plural


    Origin: 1923 ;

    [Noun]  | "happy medium" 


    1: a good choice or condition that avoids any extremes

    [Adjective]  | "medium" 


    1: intermediate in quantity, quality, position, size, or degree


    Origin: 1670 ;

     See: {medium:1 };

    [Adjective]  | "medium-sized" 


    1: neither large nor small

    [Adjective]  | "medium-term" 


    1: lasting for a period of time that is neither long nor short

    [Noun phrase]  | "medium of exchange" 


    1: something commonly accepted in exchange for goods and services and recognized as representing a standard of value


    Origin: 1714 ;

    [Noun]  | "medium" 


    1: a middle point between extremes;


      * e.g., " ... trying to achieve a happy medium as far as the demands of career and family are concerned "



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    2: something used to achieve an end;


      * e.g., " ... regards political activism on the local level as the best medium for effecting social change "



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    3: the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded;


      * e.g., " ... an artist who enjoys the cultural medium of the big city "



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    [Adjective]  | "medium" 


    1: being about midway between extremes of amount or size;


      * e.g., " ... taxpayers of medium income "





    2: occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes;


      * e.g., " ... a politician who first reads the polls and then inevitably takes the medium stance on every issue "



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    3: of average to below average quality;


      * e.g., " ... another medium effort from a movie director who can do better "



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     [ "medium" ]

    1:  adj. mediocre, fine, not great, okay, so-so

      * e.g.,  ... -Dude, that chick is totally hot. 


     [ "medium" ]

    2:  adv. mediocrely, in a not so great manner

      * e.g.,  ... -medium. 


     [ "medium" ]

    3: Usually accompanied by a so-so hand gesture and often used to denote when a previous statement is untrue or only half-true.

      * e.g.,  ... I was thinking about going to the beach today, but then I realized I was only medium psyched. 

     [ "medium" ]

    1: The convergent phenomenology of materialism. The hard problem of materialism (hard problem of consciousness). Materialism as both a frame and a metastate (paradigm). Posited as undecidable due to its intersubjective nature (the phenomenonology of subjects including objects)). The foundation of postmodern irony.

      * e.g.,  ... A medium is intersubjective. Eg., Is reality a frame for itself or is reality a frame for something more immaterial? This is the conundrum of postmodern existentialism. 

     [ "medium" ]

    1: pronounced: mee-dee-um

      * e.g.,  ...  The medium I use to go Internetting is Internet Explorer 8, because Firefox is too cluttered and visually unappealing with no address bar memory, Chrome doesn't have fullscreen or address bar memory, and Opera… I forget why. 


     [ "medium" ]

    2: -noun-

      * e.g.,  ...  It's a wonder how the medium industry survives when the idiot population skyrockets… Oh, wait… 


     [ "medium" ]

    3:  venue

      * e.g.,  ...  "Medium" sucks. 


     [ "medium" ]

    4:  one (usually an old, ugly woman) who supposedly communicates with the spirits of the dead


     [ "medium" ]

    5:  a crappy-ass TV show that had no future from the begginning

     [ "medium" ]

    1: When your penis is neither erect or flacid (the period between 'up' and 'down')

      * e.g.,  ... Is that the biggest you go? 

     [ "medium" ]

    1: one bad ass mother fucker. the son Johnny never had (damn your eyes)

      * e.g.,  ... "hey medium, how much for one of your tricks?" "fuck medium, settle down!" 

     [ "Medium" ]

    1: One who can see and/or talk to spirits. Often misunderstood or mocked, or even shunned. But they are like anybody else. And they are just as normal as the rest of us. They arn't retarded or deluded, but Amazing and Gifted. We are out there, and we arn't insane. Get to know one of us.

      * e.g.,  ... Paige is a Medium. She speaks to spirits and sees them almost everywhere, but we love her anyways. 

     [ "Medium" ]

    1: A person who has little to no skill as a worker or a leader. He sees people that do work as a threat, because the boss will like them more. No chance to toss a coworker under the bus or slob the bosses knob will ever go untaken. Your hard work tends to be his livelihood, your mistakes tend to be his chance to bring you down a rung. The boss needs a volenteer? Medium will jump right in and do it. Then bitch about doing it the whole time as if he was forced to do it.

      * e.g.,  ... The boss is gone to an appointment and won't know if we are working. Oh don't worry about that... If we slack off the Medium will be sure to tell on us. 

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    1: Kick-ass American TV show with a tripped-out script writer. For some reason Aussies love this show.

      * e.g.,  ... Me: Did you watch Medium last night? Allsion Dubois couldn't stop listening to the song 'I Will Survive' in her head, because this girl was murdered while listening to that in her iPod and... 


     [ "Medium" ]

    2: Also see Allison Dubois

      * e.g.,  ... You: I don't really care about Allison Dubois. 

     [ "mediumize" ]

    1: To un-maximimize a window.

      * e.g.,  ... Microsoft calls this option "restore down;" however that is stupid. I think we all know what's really going on here - the windows just got mediumized. 

     [ "Medium" ]

    1: Not good, not bad

      * e.g.,  ... How was your day? 


     [ "Medium" ]

    2: Not extremly appealing.

      * e.g.,  ... Medium. 

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