Adj. Something cheap and cheerful or useless.
I recall it being used from about 1950, defined as 'cake and arse'.
From Wikpedia:-
It derived from C&A, an international chain of clothing stores, with its head office in Brussels. It has branches in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Its brands include Clockhouse, Westbury and Your Sixth Sense. The company was founded by the German brothers Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer in 1841 in the Netherlands as a textile company, taking its name from their initials. For many years C&A stores were also a standard fixture of high streets in the United Kingdom. However, the company's strategy of selling budget clothes from high-rent city centre stores made it vulnerable to a new breed of competitors operating in cheaper, out-of-town locations; these included Matalan and the rapidly expanding clothing operations of supermarket chains such as Tesco and ASDA. In 2000, C&A announced its intention to withdraw from the British market; the last UK stores closed in 2001.
Around 1980 there was a joke that women's knickers from this store were printed with a C on the front an A on the rear, (signifying 'cunt' and 'arse'), to show which way round they were to be worn.
I recall it being used from about 1950, defined as 'cake and arse'.
From Wikpedia:-
It derived from C&A, an international chain of clothing stores, with its head office in Brussels. It has branches in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Its brands include Clockhouse, Westbury and Your Sixth Sense. The company was founded by the German brothers Clemens and August Brenninkmeijer in 1841 in the Netherlands as a textile company, taking its name from their initials. For many years C&A stores were also a standard fixture of high streets in the United Kingdom. However, the company's strategy of selling budget clothes from high-rent city centre stores made it vulnerable to a new breed of competitors operating in cheaper, out-of-town locations; these included Matalan and the rapidly expanding clothing operations of supermarket chains such as Tesco and ASDA. In 2000, C&A announced its intention to withdraw from the British market; the last UK stores closed in 2001.
Around 1980 there was a joke that women's knickers from this store were printed with a C on the front an A on the rear, (signifying 'cunt' and 'arse'), to show which way round they were to be worn.
by Segilla October 7, 2006
A European clothes store chain whose name might easily be taken to mean Cheap & Affordable. Their stuff may look trendy, and it often feels steal for the price, but it tends to be sewn quite poorly so that you have to pick your piece carefully (or be willing to fix it yourself). Makes you nearly feel sorry for the third-world grunts who must have produced it for pennies.
You don’t want your friends to know you shop at C&A, but if your hand’s lucky, you might fool the less savvy into believing that the crap you’re wearing cost two to three times more than it really did.
You don’t want your friends to know you shop at C&A, but if your hand’s lucky, you might fool the less savvy into believing that the crap you’re wearing cost two to three times more than it really did.
—That’s some nice jacket you’re wearing.
—Yeah, thanks. (Thinking: If you only knew how little I paid for it at C&A…)
—Yeah, thanks. (Thinking: If you only knew how little I paid for it at C&A…)
by Kermit McMarty November 2, 2011
by Wetop April 24, 2008
Abbreviation of Choice and Consequence, a feature associated with computer role playing games where the intent is to make player choices matter.
A given choice might prevent the player from experiencing a part of the game's story or world, or eventually lead to failure of a mission or quest. This is done with the intent of either increasing the simulation aspect of the game or its replayability (and, occasionally, both).
The term was allegedly coined by Obsidian Entertainment during the development of Alpha Protocol, although the feature itself was already present in older games, such as the original Fallout series or Planescape Torment (among others).
A given choice might prevent the player from experiencing a part of the game's story or world, or eventually lead to failure of a mission or quest. This is done with the intent of either increasing the simulation aspect of the game or its replayability (and, occasionally, both).
The term was allegedly coined by Obsidian Entertainment during the development of Alpha Protocol, although the feature itself was already present in older games, such as the original Fallout series or Planescape Torment (among others).
C&C #1: I chose to join FACTION A, so now FACTION B hates me and won't allow me to join them.
C&C #2: I decided not to help COMPANION1 with his personal quest, so he died in a cutscene in the final battle.
C&C #2: I decided not to help COMPANION1 with his personal quest, so he died in a cutscene in the final battle.
by kenoxite January 18, 2014
by Tre Latraj November 21, 2005
Command And Conquer.
It is a game as well as an action.
The game is a famous series in which you build up your forces and destroy the opposing team.
the action is when you and a group try to pwn the other group.
It is a game as well as an action.
The game is a famous series in which you build up your forces and destroy the opposing team.
the action is when you and a group try to pwn the other group.
by Nikko April 14, 2005
or also known as "triple c" or coricidin. not the best way to get high it contains 30 mg of dextromethorphan and 4 mg of chlorpheniramine maleate, but it has a extra active ingredient that can kill you if you overdose because if taken in large quantities the liver cannot break it down and causing poisening. so i recommend you dont trip out on the cordicidin. try Robitussin (15 mg) or a new one called Mucinex (30 mg)
"man i'm high off the c-c-c"
-"fuck that shit, that aint good do some tussin"
-OR-
"i'm trippin out on C-C-C...ahhhh my liver!!!"
-"fuck that shit, that aint good do some tussin"
-OR-
"i'm trippin out on C-C-C...ahhhh my liver!!!"
by Bumbleebee March 31, 2006