v.t.; to appropriate unabashedly and often imperiously something not belong to oneself, usu. not of great value; to steal shamelessly
I put my coat on the back of that chair to reserve it, but Bob just came over and captained my seat!
by atemperman April 20, 2003
noun: the quality that appears the possessor as dignity but appears to others as foolishness. Originated in a 2000 Saturday Night Live skit in which Al Gore and George W. Bush are playing Scrabble, and Bush attempts to add the word "dignitude." Gore challenges him to use it in a sentence, and Bush replies, "George W. Bush is a man of great dignitude."
by atemperman April 20, 2003