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    [Verb]  | "tem*po*rize" | \ ˈtem-pə-ˌrīz \


    1: to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion

    2: to draw out discussions or negotiations so as to gain time


    Origin: 1579 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French temporiser, temporisier "to last, pass one's life, postpone, gain time," probably borrowed from Medieval Latin temporizāre "to delay," from Latin tempor-, tempus "time, period of time" + Medieval Latin -izāre {see: |-ize|-ize} {mat|tempo|};

    [Noun]  | "temporizers" 


    1: a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions;


      * e.g., " ... the kind of temporizer who determines his position on a political issue by taking a look at the polls "



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    2: one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong;


      * e.g., " ... a lifelong temporizer, he was for the war as long as it was popular and against it the minute the tide of public opinion went the other way "



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    [Noun]  | "temporizer" 


    1: a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions;


      * e.g., " ... the kind of temporizer who determines his position on a political issue by taking a look at the polls "



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    2: one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong;


      * e.g., " ... a lifelong temporizer, he was for the war as long as it was popular and against it the minute the tide of public opinion went the other way "



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    [Verb]  | "temporize" 


    1: to avoid making a decision or giving a definite answer in order to have more time;


      * e.g., " ... Pressured by voters on both sides of the issue, the congressmen temporized. "





     [ "temporal " ]

    1: relating to the everyday world as opposed to that which is spiritual or eternal.

      * e.g.,  ... Medieval kings were TEMPORAL rulers of their states, but in religious matters they accepted the Pope's authority. :) HAHAH 

     [ "temporize" ]

    1: to act to suit the time or occasion

      * e.g.,  ... The legislature was accused of temporizing while the budget deficit continued to worsen 

     [ "temporal disorientation" ]

    1: A state in which an individual has no bearing of time whatsoever. Can be caused by long periods of drinking, heavy drinking, concussions, coma, deep sleeps, or just general obliviousness.

      * e.g.,  ... After that 12th tequila shot I came to at my buddy's house in a state of complete temporal disorientation. I jacked Mike in the head so hard he didn't know what day it was (temporal disorientation). 

     [ "temporal mechanics" ]

    1: Theory that relates to the study of time travel. Often seen causing major paradoxes, such as the Dali Paradox, Grandfather Paradox, Pogo Paradox and the Predestination Paradox.

      * e.g.,  ... The Dali Paradox is when a temporal fissure slows time to a gradual halt. Also called the "melting clock" effect 

     [ "temporally disoriented" ]

    1: At a loss of time. Usually happens when either dumb, drunk, high, well-sexed, post-comatose, or cerebrally traumatized. Usually leads to negative consequences...

      * e.g.,  ... I was boffing my secretary so hard that I became temporally disoriented and missed my 3 o'clock. Me and Rob got spliffed and, in a classic example of temporal disorientation, forgot to meet up w/ my hook up for another bag. 

     [ "Temporal Fist" ]

    1: noun-The psychokinetic ability to do a mind-blowing punch while time is frozen

      * e.g.,  ... noun-Master Furon taught the Temporal Fist to Crypto in Destroy All Humans 3: Path of the Furon 


     [ "Temporal Fist" ]

    2: verb-To do a dynamic mind-blowing punch while time is stopped

      * e.g.,  ... noun-Master Furon's Temporal Fist and Captain Falcon's Falcon Pawnch collided and the Temporal Fist won.( for Captain Falcon lovers He's cool but I just wanted to get on my friends nerves with this example) 

     [ "Temporal Paradox" ]

    1: You fucking up history.

      * e.g.,  ... Adrian Shephard in Gearbox's 'Opposing Force', If you jumped into the Portal after Gordon, it would say subject terminated stating that the reason being was that you attempted to create a temporal paradox 


     [ "Temporal Paradox" ]

    2: It'd be like going back in time and shooting yourself in the head, you'd die, but you wouldn't appear back in time to kill yourself, so you'd have to wait until after you said you'd do it to successfully kill yourself, right? Wrong, you still wouldn't have done it, so history resets, and if you are one retarded motherfucker, you will try it again until you stop buttfucking your grandmother in her prime back in the 1940's

     [ "Temporal Pedabation" ]

    1: The act of travelling back in time to molest oneself as a child. This activity raises several questions, is it masturbation since it is you? Is it pedophilia since it is a kid? And what's more pschologically damaging, being molested or growing up to realize it was you?

      * e.g.,  ... Marty got so wound up the other night talking about temporal pedabation,he got in the delorean and fucked himself in the ass after his 7th birthday. 

     [ "temporal dysplasia" ]

    1: A made up medical condition to describe a person who cannot feel the passing of time. Mentioned in Freeform's "Stitchers"

      * e.g.,  ... She has temporal dysplasia, so she doesn't know what time feels like. 

     [ "Temporal Paradox" ]

    1: 1: When the very flow of time colapses upon in itself due to a temporal incursion or "Time Travel" Noteworthy people who have gone backward in time would be...Well, that guy in Timecop....Shut up.

      * e.g.,  ... "What the hell, you're me!" 


     [ "Temporal Paradox" ]

    2: Anyhoo, don't go back in time, because you'll only crush a mosquito and destroy Berlin.

      * e.g.,  ... "Yeah, I knew you'd say that. Take this key, it's for that door. You won't make it through without it." 


     [ "Temporal Paradox" ]

    3: For more information on time paradoxes, Play TimeSplitters: Future Perfect. or watch a ST: Voyager episodes when it goes back in time...They have it down.

      * e.g.,  ... "If you couldn't make it through, who gave it to you?" 


     [ "Temporal Paradox" ]

    4:  Whatever went on with Red Foreman and that big ship in Star Trek: Voyager. Like, seriously, WTF? Temporal Shielding? And why could they live forever if they're protected from time. They'd age normally! Sorry, it's just the fact you could erase places from time looks cool, but is just not feasible.

      * e.g.,  ... "I did" 

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