Idiom

(n.) a popular phrase, a parlance or locution. Not a noun, adjective or verb.

Most definitions in this dictionary are really idioms, such as fo shizzle my nizzle and shotgun wedding

by Kung-Fu Jesus May 04, 2004

current account

(n.) Account that gives little, or in most cases no interest. Holds the personal short-term money transactions. It is a fluctuating account held for either private or business reasons, sometimes at a bank, although in the case of the latter, may be held within a business. Credits to this account are share of profit, salary and interest allowed on capital account. Debits are loss of profit or drawings.

My current account statement from the bank has me overdrawn.

by Kung-Fu Jesus May 06, 2004

need not concern us

Something which is irrelevant, does not pertain to the current study.

The ins and outs need not concern us.

by Kung-Fu Jesus April 30, 2004

manifest destiny

A half-baked thoery that the USA could do as the fuck it liked. In practise, it got land and the begginings of an empire by paying for it before it started a revolution against the European powers that owned it. When the USA did try and annex Canada, a small number of the British army and a few thousand Canadians beat off the United States, leaving ti with the option of the treaty of Ghent, which didn't give them any land concessions (as opposed to the British-Canadian forces, which never intended to make any, so handed back all taken land without grudge) nor did it make either side any richer. As a courtesy, the Royal navy ended impressing.


When the united states wanted to start an empire, it went after a weakened spanish empire, which was on the brink of freeing itself. When the USA again attempted imperialism in south america, it was having a little trouble with fallen power Spain, so decided to pay $20,000,000 to buy a few POS nations that would have revolted in a few years anyway. Wow, isn't that clever? Obviously, these places have since gained independance. Quite possibly the worst empire ever...

Manifest destiny was retarded. Why didn't the US try conquering outer space instead?

by Kung-Fu Jesus May 02, 2004

steal thunder

(v.) to steal thunder is to take attention away from the person who has brought it to the current place.

The guy who runs the bar next door stole my thunder from the ignoarant tourists with fireworks.

by Kung-Fu Jesus May 05, 2004

avco

Stock control method. Whereas issues using fifo (first in, first out) and lifo (last in first out) base stock issue prices at the first/last issue, avco (weighted AVerage COst) takes the mean cost of stock and issues at that price.

We account for stock issues using avco.

by Kung-Fu Jesus April 26, 2004

happy hour

Where the worst selling and nastiest tasting alcoholic beverages are sold for half price to a bunch of alcoholics too drunk to notice.

Kids like happy hour, because afterwards they get to roll the drunk.

by Kung-Fu Jesus June 23, 2004