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by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004
Get the spock mug.To just say something but not actually do it. To pretend that you believe a certain thing but not practice that belief.
The company pays lip service to equal rights, but has only one woman working for them and she's underpaid.
by Athene Airheart May 15, 2004
Get the lip service mug.A word that is used to describe the main control of an airplane, whether it's stick shaped or not. A "stick" can be a wheel, or a yoke, as well as a traditional stick.
The stick is used to move the ailerons and elevator, which controls the pitch and roll axes of an airplane.
To be "hot on the stick" is to be really good at flying an airplane or helicopter.
The stick is used to move the ailerons and elevator, which controls the pitch and roll axes of an airplane.
To be "hot on the stick" is to be really good at flying an airplane or helicopter.
by Athene Airheart March 21, 2004
Get the stick mug."Hey, watch your six, rust-picker! I'm comin' in right on your tail!" (A Marine pilot taunting a Navy pilot during war games)
by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004
Get the rust-picker mug.One way to solve a problem.
A person will try something, get it wrong, learn from the mistakes, try again, and hopefully eventually get it right.
Many great ideas and inventions were devised through the process of trial and error.
A person will try something, get it wrong, learn from the mistakes, try again, and hopefully eventually get it right.
Many great ideas and inventions were devised through the process of trial and error.
by Athene Airheart May 15, 2004
Get the trial and error mug.Two people of the same sex promising fidelity and love to each other.
In response to some of the other arugments: If people who can't procreate naturally (such as a gay couple) shouldn't get married, than neither should straight couples who are for some reason infertile. There are plenty of heterosexual marriages that don't produce offspring; this is accepted, and so should be gay marriage.
In the end, it is only between the two people who love each other.
In response to some of the other arugments: If people who can't procreate naturally (such as a gay couple) shouldn't get married, than neither should straight couples who are for some reason infertile. There are plenty of heterosexual marriages that don't produce offspring; this is accepted, and so should be gay marriage.
In the end, it is only between the two people who love each other.
by Athene Airheart March 20, 2004
Get the gay marriage mug.To take advantage of a brief opportunity while it is still there. To not waste time.
The saying comes from farming communities. There would often be only a short time in which the hay would be ready to cut- reap too soon, and the hay would be too green. Reap too late, and you run the risk of rain ruining it all. Still very good advice.
The saying comes from farming communities. There would often be only a short time in which the hay would be ready to cut- reap too soon, and the hay would be too green. Reap too late, and you run the risk of rain ruining it all. Still very good advice.
I just got a good job for the summer- I don't know if I'll have one this fall, but I'll make hay while the sun shines and save up for the winter.
by Athene Airheart May 16, 2004
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