valhalla

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They couldn't keep the con going long enough to make it to bailout valhalla, but others are still trying!

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  1. The palace of immortality, inhabited by the souls of heroes slain in battle.
  2. Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany.

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  1. (Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin

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  • When valhalla will open and they will experience joy incomprehensible. —  Destructoid
  • But these examples are rare; most of our gods peer down at us from rock valhalla untroubled by the thought that someone might suggest they were a bit crap. —  Word Magazine -
  • Ruth Tal Brown's hallowed veggie valhalla adds vegan scrambled tofu 'n' mushroom wraps sided with baked home fries as well as almond-crusted whole wheat pancakes dressed with fresh fruit to its health-conscious carte on weekends. —  NOW Magazine
  • They couldn't keep the con going long enough to make it to bailout valhalla, but others are still trying! —  IEHI Feed: The Mortgage Lender Implode-o-Meter
  • You can't pin them down to one genre - sometimes Sonic Youth / At The Drive-In messy distortion, sometimes Q And Not U hardcore dance-math-punk, sometimes handclaps and counter-melodies straight out of some sort of lo-fi indie valhalla. —  The Line Of Best Fit
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