Example: Example 1: A clique has usurped and commodified a larger group or existing scene to serve the special needs of that clique, increasing compromizing the vitality for safety/comfort. Often this clique will begin using selective exclusion to rarify the ranks, and drive out the most vital seeds in their push to "clean things up"
A "green light" given by one of the elders would alert folks that have been oppressed to counter the current regime through positive actions and hopefully bring some of the traditional activity back to life.
a tactic in flirting, to give the go-ahead for the other person to ask you out via non-verbal cues.
Example: He's come into my work every day this week. I've let him know I'm available and let him know through my across-the-room-staredowns that he's got the green light.
The usually-unconscious act of turning the object of one's romantic desires into a representation of some sort of ideal - a metaphorical "green light" shining across a bay. Often taken to the point where even if one were to successfully court that person, it would be unsatisfying as they would be humanly incapable of living up to the dreamlike figure they'd been built into.
Example: A: Why won't Jay just talk to her if he likes her so much?
B: He's been totally green-lighting her. Even if he manages it, she's not the person he wants to think she is.