A fork of Rural Dictionary
A person from the island of Cyprus. The most hospitable people on earth. Cypriots have greek origins. They speak Greek and have the same culture as mainland Greece. They are though doomed to live with the Turkish inhabitants of the island. (Doesn't matter, life goes on).
An unorthodox greeting whereby the dominant person will kiss the toes of the more submissive person and then their forehead.
Dave walked into the room where Dan was laying down and gave him the Cypriot handshake, Dave kissed Dan’s toes and then his forehead.
when you hear something for the first time, and then almost immediately hear it again.
9AM: "hey, did you hear Jill is going to Cyprus for her honeymoon? Cypriots are hot!" thinking...wow, I never realized that people from Cyprus are called Cypriots 12PM: "Let's go to that restaurant that has Cypriot food..." shocked... i just learned the word today! what a cypriot coincidence!
The rise in salience of recently discussed or observed information, providing a heightened sensitivity in preparation for a subsequent observation of related stimuli, often resulting in a Cypriot coincidence.
Discussing Girl Scout cookies you realize that living in a city, you never see girl scouts. The heightened sensitivity of 'girl scouts' is the Cypriot Effect that perchance would result in the sighting of a girl scout in the city, a Cypriot Coincidence.