" traditions "

 [ "Tradition" ]

1: Peer pressure from dead people

  * e.g.,  ... Arabic tradition; it's offensive to ask an Arabic man about his wife or female family member, to protect him from "loss of face" 

 [ "Tradition" ]

1: The reason for doing things which have no apparent reason.

  * e.g.,  ... Son: "Dad, why are you peeing on the cat" Dad: "Because it is Tradition God Damnit. Every July 23rd we pee on a cat. My Father peed on a cat, his father peed on a cat and you're also gonna pee on the cat." 

 [ "tradition" ]

1: A excuse for people to do things that is illegal.

  * e.g.,  ... A random person runs a around naked in the park. 

 [ "tradition" ]

1: peer pressure from dead people

  * e.g.,  ... it was a tradition to smoke the tree on christmas 

 [ "tradition" ]

1: Basically doing whatever other people do or have done before you instead of thinking for yourself.

  * e.g.,  ... When you are asked to do completely illogical actions and ask why, the person asking will most likely answer "It's tradition". 

 [ "tradition" ]

1:  A thing that people pass down generations when they can't come up with ideas of their own.

  * e.g.,  ...  Marriage is a great tradition. 

 [ "tradition" ]

2:  A horrible from a horrible musical.

  * e.g.,  ... TEVYE 

 [ "tradition" ]

3:  Something one should question before acting upon.

  * e.g.,  ... Tradition, tradition! Tradition! 

 [ "Traditional" ]

1: Traditional, in this respect, suggests a person, commonly a female, and more commonly of Sino-Asian lineage, who refuses to accept Western ideals as they pertain to sociability, relationships, sex, and so on.

  * e.g.,  ... Jane is a traditional Chinese girl. She's disinclined to physical intimacy, she believes in love BEFORE sex, nor does she go to bars or discos to meet boys. 

 [ "Traditional" ]

2: Often spoken in contrast to the more open-minded, Modern type.

 [ "Traditional" ]

1: A weekend where a large group of aging men get together to play too much golf, drink too much booze, do too many drugs, hit on too many girls, creep out girls who are way too young, sleep with girls who are way too fat, and just act like overall degenerate scrum bags. Only to return home on Sunday, kiss their wives, girlfriends, and/or kids hello and tell them they have to go lay down, not feelings so well, must have eaten some bad fish at the fish fry last night.

  * e.g.,  ... I can't go to the Traditional this year, last year I almost lost my kids, my wife, my job, and my driver's license. 

 [ "Tradition" ]

1: Tradition (n): The abstract, commonly referenced concept of beating up underdeveloped-farm-boy football teams for a number of years, then winning only one National Championship game after those other teams figured out how to play football. Most often associated with the University of Michigan.

  * e.g.,  ... "Our football program has a rich history founded on tradition". 

 [ "traditional" ]

1: Being in a state where one consumes enough alcohol to be inebriated or drunk.

  * e.g.,  ... I went out last night with the boys and got really traditional.