Awkward Squad is the name given to that group of people in any organisation who cause problems and difficulties. They are apparently normal, everyday human beings, but when they get together, things just go wrong. They are not necessarily troublemakers, although in some instances they can be, but some strange synergy causes things to go wrong in their collective presence.
The origin of the word dates back to just after the Second World War when National Service was compulsory in Britain for males over the age of eighteen. This meant that all sorts of people, some of whom were totally unsuited to military service, were inducted into the armed forces. That they were unsuitable quickly became apparent, and they tended to be grouped together to keep the clumsy, the unwilling, the careless and troublesome in one unit which became known as the awkward squad
The origin of the word dates back to just after the Second World War when National Service was compulsory in Britain for males over the age of eighteen. This meant that all sorts of people, some of whom were totally unsuited to military service, were inducted into the armed forces. That they were unsuitable quickly became apparent, and they tended to be grouped together to keep the clumsy, the unwilling, the careless and troublesome in one unit which became known as the awkward squad
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1. Addicted to or characterised by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate.
2. Given or readily disposed to evil.
3. Reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong.
4. Spiteful; malicious.
5. Unpleasantly severe.
6. Characterised or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound; unfit for purpose.
7. Savage; ferocious.
1. Addicted to or characterised by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate.
2. Given or readily disposed to evil.
3. Reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong.
4. Spiteful; malicious.
5. Unpleasantly severe.
6. Characterised or marred by faults or defects; faulty; unsound; unfit for purpose.
7. Savage; ferocious.
1 A vicious life.
2 A vicious criminal.
3 A vicious deception.
4 Vicious gossip; a vicious attack.
5 A vicious headache.
6 Vicious reasoning.
7 They all feared his vicious temper.
2 A vicious criminal.
3 A vicious deception.
4 Vicious gossip; a vicious attack.
5 A vicious headache.
6 Vicious reasoning.
7 They all feared his vicious temper.
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Get the Vicious mug.Very similar to Murphy’s Law or Sod’s Law, but with one important difference. Instead of “if something can go wrong it will do”, it now becomes ”with a Malcolm on the project it won’t just go wrong, but it will go wrong in the worst possible way.” See also Finagle’s Law.
“It’s a total disaster; there is no way that it could possibly have happened!”
“With that Heale Malcolm involved what did you expect? It’s Malcolm’s Law, mate.”
“With that Heale Malcolm involved what did you expect? It’s Malcolm’s Law, mate.”
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Get the Malcolm’s Law mug.British Army slang for a cigarette believed to date from around the time of the Second Boer War 1899 – 1902. A gasper was a high tar cigarette, without any sort of filter tip, such as Woodbine or Capstan. They got the name because smoking caused the troops to gasp for breath when engaged in strenuous exercise.
“I'd just got clipped by a Boer bullet, nuffin' serious, so Jack gimme a gasper while he put a dressing on it.”
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Get the Gasper mug.This means that you have no sense of smell. If you have anosmia, you can’t smell flowers, perfume or home cooking; this can lead to sufferers becoming intensely depressed. There could be some advantages, like when some diseased arsehole lets go a really poisonous fart you won’t smell it, even though everyone else has tears in their eyes from trying not to puke. Similarly stuck in a boring lecture next to someone whose BO is blistering the paintwork and everyone else thinks that there is a problem at the sewage works you won’t be bothered. By and large, though, anosmia is pretty shitty.
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Get the Anosmia mug.English word meaning 'in good health'. Believed to originate from the French 'fin' which besides meaning finished also means complete or whole. It is from whole that we get the word 'hale' meaning healthy. Despite the attempts of speakers on motivational courses to suggest that it is an acronym standing for 'Fucked-up, Insecure, Neurotic and Emotional' it is a valid word, with a considerable pedigree, to be used as the answer to the question 'How are you?'
"You know that teambuilding course I went on, silly bitch running asked me how I was, and when I said fine, looked down her nose at me and said' fine stands for Fed-up, Insecure, Emotional and Neurotic' and I should say good."
"What did you say?"
"I asked her if she was good and when she said yes looked down my nose at her and told her 'good stands for Gormless, Overbearing, Over opinionated, and Depressing' and she should say 'fine'. I got a round of applause and she didn't like that at all."
"What did you say?"
"I asked her if she was good and when she said yes looked down my nose at her and told her 'good stands for Gormless, Overbearing, Over opinionated, and Depressing' and she should say 'fine'. I got a round of applause and she didn't like that at all."
by AKACroatalin March 16, 2015
Get the Fine mug.Latest bullshit offering from septic firm Maybelline, makeup for eyebrows. Specifically intended for silly bitches suffering from acute princess syndrome leaving them with something over their eyes that looks like cross between a rat’s turd and a dead caterpillar.
“Have you seen Maggy’s eyebrows? She’s got more hair there than a gorilla’s armpit!”
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