selling out the colonies
euphemistic expression indicating any decadent behavior (from Battlestar Galactica's Gaius Baltar)
Q. What have you been up to?
A. Oh, the usual: traveling the world, having meaningless sex with strangers, partaking of champagne and baby seal every night and otherwise selling out the colonies...
A. Oh, the usual: traveling the world, having meaningless sex with strangers, partaking of champagne and baby seal every night and otherwise selling out the colonies...