1) To be deployed to another country for military service. Usually as a result of forced conscription eg: WW2, Vietnam. More recently it can be due to poverty and/or stupidity eg: Iraq, Afghanistan.
2) To be detained and moved to another country by the Government in order to be tortured. Also known as extraordinary rendition.
2) To be detained and moved to another country by the Government in order to be tortured. Also known as extraordinary rendition.
Take a Government Vacation and you may never come back.
David Hicks enjoyed a 5 year Government Vacation in Cuba.
David Hicks enjoyed a 5 year Government Vacation in Cuba.
by kittridge October 18, 2008
A thoroughly unsatisfactory lecture.
by Kittridge February 29, 2008
A bureaucrat (or public servant / official, etc) who denies service, delays you, makes things difficult for or generally screws you over solely for their own pleasure / amusement / possible sexual arousal. May also result from bitterness and their being dead inside.
Man: did you get the application form?
Woman: No, he showed it to me but wouldn't hand it over, he said it had to be mailed to me.
Man: But you were right there!
Woman: I know, what a bureaucunt!
Woman: No, he showed it to me but wouldn't hand it over, he said it had to be mailed to me.
Man: But you were right there!
Woman: I know, what a bureaucunt!
by Kittridge February 29, 2008
Theftpos is the ridiculous practice observed by many businesses that requires a minimum purchase (usually ten or twenty dollars) before you can pay via eftpos.
Theftpos can also refer to any additional charge or surcharge levelled at a customer for using eftpos.
Although theftpos is referred to by the merchant as a "store policy" it is in fact a price gouge applied to people born after 1930 who don't carry cash with them everywhere.
Theftpos can also refer to any additional charge or surcharge levelled at a customer for using eftpos.
Although theftpos is referred to by the merchant as a "store policy" it is in fact a price gouge applied to people born after 1930 who don't carry cash with them everywhere.
Theftpos at work:
cashier: that'll be thirty cents.
customer: can I eftpos that?
cashier: no, the minimum purchase is twenty dollars.
customer: ...are you serious?
cashier: yes, it's store policy.
customer: god dammit, I should be able to buy gum on eftpos! This is America!
cashier: no, it's Australia
cashier: that'll be thirty cents.
customer: can I eftpos that?
cashier: no, the minimum purchase is twenty dollars.
customer: ...are you serious?
cashier: yes, it's store policy.
customer: god dammit, I should be able to buy gum on eftpos! This is America!
cashier: no, it's Australia
by kittridge January 23, 2011
Glasgow Eyeball: (Verb) To look at someone antagonistically, with malice/rage inciting or leading up to a fist fight.
A look that is a threat of physical violence.
Similar to the stinkeye.
A look that is a threat of physical violence.
Similar to the stinkeye.
by Kittridge February 25, 2008
The sensation of feeling like you want to yawn. Horny for a yawn.
Often aroused by people talking about or reading about yawning or witnessing another person yawning. May also be aroused by lack of sleep or boredom.
Often aroused by people talking about or reading about yawning or witnessing another person yawning. May also be aroused by lack of sleep or boredom.
Man: me so yawny!
by kittridge October 15, 2009
A person with extensive knowledge in many areas, or with a formidable collection of general knowledge. An expert in many fields. One who seems to know everything.
by Kittridge February 29, 2008