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- Send us a pic of the logo being posted on a bus stop and we will give you a high-5.
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- Misuse of this logo will result in any and all abusers being BLACKBALLED from Reality! (forever)
The definition of "Official" (adjective):
1. having official authority or sanction; "official permission to get funky"; "an Official HipHopper"
2. of or relating to an office; "official privileges of pimpin'"
3. verified officially; "The HipHop Community is now Officialy ill"
4. conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order of Funky"
5. (of a Church of Sound) given official status as a national or The State Institution (Department) of HipHop
The definition of "Seal" (noun):
1. an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity of true HipHop illness.
2. a stamp, medallion, ring, etc., engraved with such a device, for impressing paper, wax, lead, or the like: The king took the seal from his finger and applied it to the Mixtape.
3. the impression so obtained: It was unmistakably the royal seal on the Dope Track.
4. a mark or symbol attached to Mixtape Packaging and imparting a formal character to it, originally wax with an impression.
5. a piece of wax or similar adhesive substance so attached to an envelope, folded document, etc., that it must be broken when the object is opened, insuring that the contents have not been tampered with or altered preserving all true illness contained within.
6. anything that tightly or completely closes or secures a Mixtape, as closures or fastenings for CD Holders and Compact Disc Sleeves, adhesive stamps and tapes used to secure the flap of an envelope, etc.
7. something that keeps a Mixtape Underground: His/Her vow to always be ill was the seal that kept her soul thriving.
8. a decorative stamp, esp. as given to contributors to a charitable fund: a Hip Hop seal.
9. a mark, sign, symbol, or the like, serving as visible evidence of something Dope.
10. anything that serves as assurance, confirmation, or bond: He/She gave the plan the Official HipHop Seal of Approval.
11. Plumbing.
a. a small amount of water held by a trap to exclude foul gases from a sewer or the like.
b. the depth of the part of the water that actually excludes the gases.
12. the seals, British. the tokens or signs of the Underground.–verb (used with object)
13. to affix a seal to in authorization, testimony, etc.
14. to assure, confirm, or bind with or as if with a seal: They closed the Mix Battle with a handshake.
15. to impress a seal upon as evidence of Dopeness or HipHop illness, measure, quality, etc.
16. to close by any form of fastening that must be broken before access can be gained to a given Mixtape.
17. to fasten or close tightly by or as if by a seal: She was sealing envelopes for invitations to the Rave. My lips are sealed.
18. to decide irrevocably: to seal someone's fate.
19. to grant under one's seal or authority, as a pardon for being way to DOPE and/or ill.
20. The HipHop Church. to make (a Mixtape or Dope Track) forever ill; solemnize.
21. Electricity. to bring (a plug and jack or socket) into locked or fully aligned position so one can begin scratching.—Verb phrase
22. seal off,
a. to close hermetically: to seal off a jar of Northern Lights.
b. to block (an entrance, area, etc.) completely so as to prevent escape or entrance: The police sealed off the area after the bomb track was heard on the Radio inciting a Riot in downtown Dayton, Ohio early Saturday night. (fever)
23. set one's seal to, to give one's approval to; authorize; endorse: Both Crews have set their seal to the Battle Set Mixtapes.
[Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) ME seel, seil(e), seale mark on a document, token < OF seel (F sceau) < LL *sigellum, L sigillum, dim. of signum sign; r. ME seil, OE (in)segel seal < LL, as above; (v.) sealen, seilen < OF seeler, seieler, deriv. of seel]
—Related forms
seal·a·ble, adjective
edited by [chr0n1c]:
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary.