Definitions by AKACroatalin
Businessballs
It’s a website run by business consultant Alan Chapman. It contains shedloads of information to help with your career or college work and the best thing, it’s free. So if you want to find out about something related to business studies or management, look at Businessballs before you buy a new reference book. It actually makes learning about this stuff interesting and fun; I didn’t believe it at first either, but when you think about it the name gives it away.
Businessballs by AKACroatalin August 28, 2016
Societal
Societal (pronounced səˈsʌɪɪt(ə)l) is an adjective meaning of, or relating to society or social relations; of, or relating to the structure, organisation or functioning of society or, when applied outside of society as a whole, it can mean of, or pertaining to a large social group, such as a club, or to their activities and customs.
“I am really pissed off with these miserable fuckwit newscasters and their doom and gloom societal pronouncements.”
Societal by AKACroatalin August 26, 2016
Princess Syndrome
This is an attitude and behaviour pattern which is demonstrated by certain females. It’s usually the ones who are narcissistic and who have an overrated opinion of their own intelligence, sense of fashion, taste in music and so on. They are so self-centred and egotistical that they apparently believe that the world revolves around them, and the only purpose of males is to gratify their every wish; you know the sort, the Kim Kardashians and Nicole Scherzingers of this world, stupid and unpleasant. They can be any age from six to ninety-six and many of their demands are petty, ridiculous and self-serving, such as the toilet seat must always be left down. Noel Coward must have been thinking of them when he wrote ‘Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.’ (Private Lives 1930). See also Barbara Cartland.
“Did you hear that? Crazy bitch wants me to take her to the theatre, followed by a meal at the most expensive restaurant and don’t forget to bring a dozen red roses! I only met the retarded slapper yesterday.”
“Acute Princess Syndrome, run like fuck!”
“Acute Princess Syndrome, run like fuck!”
Princess Syndrome by AKACroatalin August 26, 2016
Bomb Dresden
British slang dating from World War II meaning to defecate, take a dump or shit. The phrase came about due to the heavy bombing of Dresden by the allies due to the concentration of military targets in and around the city. Dresden was also a centre of porcelain manufacture and since toilet bowls are made of porcelain, wartime humour made the connection, that and the societal requirement to use a polite euphemism, that if you went to take a crap you went to bomb Dresden.
Bomb Dresden by AKACroatalin August 25, 2016
Damaging
Damaging is an adjective; it means causing physical damage or having a detrimental effect on someone or something. So if someone is given the cold shoulder or sent to Coventry it can be damaging to their health and well-being. If someone is given a smack in the chops for no reason, this can affect their emotional well-being as well as being physically damaging.
Damaging by AKACroatalin August 22, 2016
Well-being
Well-being is a noun which means the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. It is used to refer to the physical, psychological, spiritual, social and economic state of an individual or group. It constitutes a measure of the quality of life with high levels giving a positive experience while low levels give rise to dissatisfaction possibly leading to depression or anti-social acts.
Well-being by AKACroatalin August 22, 2016
Mutton Dressed as Lamb
The term 'mutton dressed as lamb' was first used in the journal of social gossip that Mrs Frances Calvert compiled in 1811, and is possibly attributed to the then Prince of Wales (later George IV). At a musical evening, the Prince was asked whether he did not think some girl pretty. He reputedly answered, “Girl! Girls are not to my taste. I don't like lamb; but mutton dressed like lamb!”
In this case, ‘dressing’ refers to the preparation of food before cooking. The implication in 'dressed as lamb' is that the woman has prepared herself for a romantic encounter. 'Mutton dressed as lamb' was originally a disparaging description of a woman aiming to deceive men into believing she was younger than she really was; back then it was an economic necessity for a woman to marry while still of childbearing age.
Nowadays it refers exclusively to a woman who is deluded and thinks herself attractive in clothes, jewellery and make-up usually worn by those much younger. She’s probably looked in the mirror and thinks herself sex on legs, but she merely proves that eyesight deteriorates with age.
In this case, ‘dressing’ refers to the preparation of food before cooking. The implication in 'dressed as lamb' is that the woman has prepared herself for a romantic encounter. 'Mutton dressed as lamb' was originally a disparaging description of a woman aiming to deceive men into believing she was younger than she really was; back then it was an economic necessity for a woman to marry while still of childbearing age.
Nowadays it refers exclusively to a woman who is deluded and thinks herself attractive in clothes, jewellery and make-up usually worn by those much younger. She’s probably looked in the mirror and thinks herself sex on legs, but she merely proves that eyesight deteriorates with age.
“Look at that stupid old slapper dressed exactly like her daughter! What a sad act!”
“Yeah! Mutton dressed as lamb is about as sexy as a kick in the nuts.”
“Yeah! Mutton dressed as lamb is about as sexy as a kick in the nuts.”
Mutton Dressed as Lamb by AKACroatalin August 20, 2016