n 1: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes syn: filibusterer 2: a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches v : obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation
In the Senate the Minority partyuse of the filibuster can stop everything and controversial because of there opposition to it.
Being stopped from doing something fun or interesting by an assignment or some other task. Originally used in Congress to prevent a bill from being passed. (made famous by Strom Thurmond)
Hey man, Do you want to go to the bars tonight?
I would, but I'm being filibustered by this reading assignment I have due tomorrow.
Filibuster (noun): a type of parliamentary procedure in which angry members of the united states congress waste time twidling their thumbs while in session so they dont have to actually get shit done.
man, if this bill passes, we'll lookbad" "dont worry bud, filibuster that shit
n. The stalling of legislation in Congress by means of obstructing members of Congress from doing their jobs by going to their offices and requesting a picture with them to put on Facebook.
James tried pulling a Reed Filibuster on the Hill... I hope this doesn't stall any important legislation, but it probably will. AT least he has a cool profile pic on Facebook.