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/uma'rɛl/ (oo-mah-rell), n; pl. Umarells. People in a community who offer all sorts of comments to those who are trying to get some work done, but who are not doing any work themselves.

Umarell is a word that entered Italian slang in Bologna and is spreading to nearby towns, occasionally even across Italy. It comes from the Bolognese for "cute/odd little man".

"Umarells" are those people, usually retired men, who spend time watching construction works, often holding their hands behind their back, occasionally commenting on what is going on, sometimes trying to tell the workers what to do.
"Everybody's telling me how I should organize the concert and nobody lifts a finger."
"Yup, they are all umarells"
umarell by nyan:3 January 24, 2015
The slightly spanish phrase meaning best friends or blood brothers
we are tight umbres
umbres by ishammel August 4, 2007

The Umbrella Academy 

The Umbrella Academy is a comic book series written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance and drawn by Gabriel Ba. It is published by Dark Horse Comics. The first part of the series is called The Apocalypse Suite and follows the lives of a scientist (who is really an alien) who adopts seven babies who were mysteriously born even though their mothers showed no signs of pregnancy. The series so far consists of six issues: The Day The Eiffel Tower Went Beserk, We Only See Each Other At Weddings And Funerals, Dr. Terminal's Answer; Baby, I'll Be Your Frankenstein; Thanks For The Coffee; Finale, Or Brothers And Sisters, I Am An Atomic Bomb. The second part of the series, while following the same characters as The Apocalypse Suite, is entitled Dallas, with the first issue coming out November 26, 2008. The second issue is due out December 24, 2008.
The Umbrella Academy has brought comic books back to popularity.

umbrella fever 

the feeling you when you have bought a gift for someone and you REALLY want to give it to them, but the gift-giving occaison isn't for a while.

Symptoms of Umbrella Fever -

You're tempted to give the gift early.

You get too excited and therefore build up the gift to be something more exciting than it is.
- I bought this amazing DVD boxset for Mike's birthday, but it isn't until next week - I have ridiculous umbrella fever!

- don't give in to the fever!

umbrella term 

A word that groups other words into a single common category.
In terms of race in America "black" is an umbrella term for African-American, Jamaican, Igbo, etc. Even though these people are different, to the general public they fall under the umbrella term, "black".
umbrella term by Urban Suzie April 28, 2012

umbrellow 

Umbrellow

A fellow (or feller, if you're a redneck) who follows you around and holds an umbrella over your head to protect you from the rain or sun. This service can be done voluntarily by someone like a boyfriend or it can be a paid service. Mariah Carey has people to carry her water bottles. You know she has an umbrellow.

A female version of an umbrellow is an umbrellass.
It's raining so hard outside. I have all these binders and textbooks to carry to my next class. I wish I had an umbrellow to keep me dry.
umbrellow by RAV4 July 10, 2010