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- noun A
network or group of people that unknown to them, are somehowaffiliated orlinked , specifically to fulfill the will of God
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Kurt Vonnegut has this concept called a karass, which is the notion that there are people all around the world with whom you have an instant connection," says Kieran, whose guest lecture topic is re-evaluating 80s new age music.
Caribou's Dan Snaith finds the formula for success with Swim Sam Richards 2010
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The karass is that group of friends from college who have helped one another's careers in a hundred subtle ways over the years; the granfalloon is the marketing department at your firm, where everyone has a meticulously defined place on the org chart but nothing ever gets done.
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Simply put, a karass is a group of people who, unbeknownst to them, are collectively doing God's will in carrying out a specific, common, task.
We Join Kilgore Trout in Mourning: Kurt Vonnegut Moves On 2007
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Although everybody in a family (or "karass," as Kurt Vonnegut calls our larger group of significant others) participates in the development of the identified patient's personality and illness, it's nobody's fault.
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I told him that we shared a "karass" because we were both born on Nov. 11, though decades apart.
April 2007 2007
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I told him that we shared a "karass" because we were both born on Nov. 11, though decades apart.
* 2007
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Wikipedia says one of its key tenets is "karass"ing a lovely ass?
What are some irrational things that's intelligent, educated people believe in? Ann Althouse 2008
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Dan is definitely in my karass; he's interested in making music for exactly the same reasons as me.
Caribou's Dan Snaith finds the formula for success with Swim Sam Richards 2010
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Hazel's obsession with Hoosiers around the world was a textbook example of a false karass, of a seeming team that was meaningless in terms of the ways God gets things done, a textbook example of what Bokonon calls a granfalloon.
In which of the states is it easiest to talk to strangers? Ann Althouse 2009
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By the end of our first marathon session, we knew we were a solid karass, and will be able to complete the script long distance.
: The Official Movie Blog: Afterglow Jeanne Robinson 2009
seanahan commented on the word karass
We Bokononists believe that humanity is organized into teams, teams that do God's Will without ever discovering what they are doing. Such a team is called a karass by Bokonon. - Cat's Cradle
December 3, 2006