Stubborn

Someone who doesn't listen to other people's opinionts. A stubborn person always thinks he's right. Often assosiated with arrogant and acting allknowing. Its the same as obstinate and koppig.
I don't like stubborn people, they always think they're right and don't listen to anything else.
by Jafje April 26, 2007
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Perpetual

1. Something lasting forever.
2. Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

3. Something occurring repeatedly.

4. Botany blooming throughout season: describes flowers or flowering plants that bloom throughout the season.
1/2. Some people believe heaven is perpetual.

3. Serial killers kill perpetual.

4. Perpetual flowers.
by Jafje September 30, 2007
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Apprentice

A young person who is learning a trade or proffesion by working alongside an expert, usually for a set period of time at low wages.
The apprentice learns from a master or misstress.
by Jafje May 25, 2007
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Erect

1. Straight and vertical: In an upright position.

2. Physiology firm and rigid: Stiff and swollen as a result of being filled with blood, e.g. when sexually aroused.

3. Right side up: Describes an optically produced image that is right side up and not inverted.

4. To build a structure from basic parts and materials.

5. To fix something in an upright position.

6. To bring an organization, system, or theory into being.

7. To draw or construct a line or figure on a given base.
1. An erect plant stem.
2. An erect penis.
3. An erect picture.
4. The building was erected in 1885.
5. Fixing things..
6. The corporation erected a new legal department to deal with mergers and acquisitions.
7. Drawing an erect graph.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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Respite

1. Brief interval of rest: A brief period of rest and recovery between periods of exertion or after something disagreeable.

2. Delay: A temporary delay.

3. Law reprieve: A temporary stay of execution of a criminal.
The woman was given some days of respite, she didn't have to work for some days after what happened.
by Jafje April 05, 2007
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Colony

A country which is run by the government of another country. Officials and many inhabitants often come from the "mother country".
The mother country is the country that governs the colony.
by Jafje May 25, 2007
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Niche

1. A position or activity that particularly suits somebody's talents and personality or that somebody can make his or her own.

2. An area of the market specializing in one type of product or service.

3. Place in nature: The role of an organism within its natural environment that determines its relations with other organisms and ensures its survival.

4. A recess in a wall, especially one made to hold a statue.

5. Hollow place: any recess or hollow, e.g. in a rock formation.
1. She carved out her own niche in the industry.
2. Designed to undercut the competition in the same niche.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
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