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a monthly gathering of people to ride bikes around a city or town. its general purpose is to raise awareness that people ride bikes for transportation too and roads should be more accomidating for bikes. with many cyclists riding together in a group they are able to reach a “critical m-ss” and become a powerful ent-ty of the roads, taking up many lanes.

invented in san francisco, it is celebrated in many cities across the world due to its simplicity to organize, often all you need to is spread the word about it. in san francisco and new york partic-p-nts often number in the thousands. it is usually at the end of the day on the last friday of every month, at a standard, well-known gathering spot.

often criticized by motorists as a nuciance, though cyclists criticise back that motorists hog the road, pollute, kill, etc.
hey bro, want to see a movie this friday at 5?

no man, i’m going to the critical m-ss to challenge the social norm of owning a car! me and a few hundred other bike riders are going to be celebrating peaceful transportation. you should come. everyone should come! no critical m-ss? start one!
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a large gathering of mostly douchebag hipsters that ride their bikes around the city on the last friday of the month. partic-p-nts feel that since they ride bicycles, they are somehow superior and permitted to break traffic laws.
did you count the number of hipster douchebags at critical m-ss? it’s over 9000!
pr-nounced: /krit-ik-ul mas/

1. (noun) in physics, a measurable point at which a reaction becomes self-sustaining or self-increasing without external force

2. (noun) in s-x, the moment when an -rg-sm is inevitable.

3. (noun) an emotional state of a large group of people which reaches a crescendo (such as in an angry mob or in a concert).

4. (noun) in traffic, the state of having too many cars on the road to effectively move.
1. the atom bomb is intentionally pushed beyond the point of critical m-ss to create an explosion.

2. when i was f-cking my ho, i had to pull out before critical m-ss so she wouldn’t get pregnant.

3. we’d better pull out the riot gear — this crowd is reaching critical m-ss.

4. the interstate has reached critical m-ss, it’s b-mper-to-b-mper out there!
when you are physically incapable of holding in a sh-t any longer.
i was at home depot with my girlfriend when suddenly i reached critical m-ss and had to run to the closest toilet to avoid sitting in my pants. thank god we were in the plumbing isle.
another far left wing terminology to support diversity. another name for a racial quota.

“critical m-ss” means that it is important for a sufficient number of “minorities” to be enrolled on campus so that they not feel “isolated.” when the number of blacks dropped at uc berkeley following the p-ssage of 209, the opponents of 209 argued that the drop in black enrollment created a “hostile environment” for those enrolled. “critical m-ss” theory also means that the remainder of the student body needs to see enough black faces so that they can benefit from “diversity.”
don’t listen to that hippie fart sniffer, critical m-ss is just another term for a racial quota.
when something reaches the threshold of it’s limits. this can apply to things, people, events, or concepts.
at the party, john told sue the room had reached critical m-ss and asked if she wanted to go outside.
when something reaches the threshold of it’s limits. this can apply to things, people, events, or concepts.
at the party, john told sue the room had reached critical m-ss and asked if she wanted to go outside.