Vatican Cameos 

'Vatican Cameos' is a phrase used in BBC's Sherlock when Sherlock is about to open Irene Adler's safe. The phrase first originated in World War 2. It was used when a non-military person, who was armed (gun or knife) entered a British military base. The phrase was a signal for everyone duck out of the line of fire. Sherlock knew that John, being a military man, would recognise this phrase and duck out of the way of the gun in the safe. It is not a code phrase which Sherlock and John coordinated as a safe word. Very clever, don't you think?

*Person walks into room with gun*
"Vatican Cameos"
*everyone ducks*

Vatican Cameos by Carve really hi May 18, 2013

Il Vaticano 

Il Vaticano is a special chess move, which allows bishops two squares apart to take what's in between them. It's denoted B-O-O-B in standard chess notation.

"what the fuck"
"google Il Vaticano"
"Holy See"

Il Vaticano by romner December 28, 2022

The Vatican 

A variation of the Eiffel Tower in which the person in the middle is a young boy, and the two people on the outside are preferably, but not necessarily, priests.

Those two sex offenders teamed up and gave that boy the Vatican.

The Vatican by BenedictXVI June 13, 2010

flown the Vatican 

Australian version of "jumped the shark" - TV show FAIL.

Instead of referring to the waning days of American sit-com Happy Days and the episode where Fonzie jumped a shark, only to see the show sink further and further into irrelevance and low ratings, it refers to the opening episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC's) 2009 return of comedy show "The Chaser," where the "edgy" comedians go to the Vatican City to abuse nuns and fly a blimp with foul anti-Catholic slogans past the Pope in the Vatican.

Marked the beginning of the end for the ABC's "The Chaser."

"Jeez, I used to think they were so edgy and funny, but now they've just flown the Vatican."

"'Crikey' used to be really cool until they took on the chk-chk-boom girl... but they really flew the Vatican on that one."

"Yeah, right... from Mo-Toons to toilet-bowl-Jesus. They've flown the Vatican."

flown the Vatican by barking_gecko May 28, 2009

vatican city 

The smallest country in the world. It is where the pope lives. It is within the city of Rome.

I want to go to Vatican City.

vatican city by dictator October 19, 2003

Vatican bones 

A metaphor for secrets.

His lifelong predatory behavior, like the Vatican bones recently discovered in an ossuary, was entirely unknown until recently.

Vatican bones by Dr Bunnygirl July 21, 2019

Violet Vatican 

The International Center of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

"The one thing we can be sure of after a conference with the likes of Leonard Sweet is that the 'Violet Vatican' isn’t planning to make the LCMS more Lutheran!"

Violet Vatican by CFW Chemnitz January 18, 2009