49 definitions by Luddz
A lexicographic wonder comprising 20 volumes of mostly abstruse words, from the graveyard of the English language, in which old gentleman of Anglo-Saxon origin refer to as a conversation piece when drinking their tea with their cronies and chaps; sometimes it is actually referred to promote dry erudite works of literature.
"Jeeves" could you bring me volume 14 from the Oxford English Dictionary?" "There is a word from Shakespeare, of which I am not quite sure."
by Luddz February 1, 2015
To ensure that the plan would work (so that everyone would be fooled) we had to adonize her, by giving her a mustache and fake biceps.
by Luddz May 20, 2015
Any cheap lexicon between two book covers that contains the words 'Webster's Dictionary' on the cover.
by Luddz May 26, 2015
A peace maker, an arbitrator.
The bridge builder helps each opposing side to understand the positions of the other and tries to reconcile differences in a way fair to all.
by Luddz June 4, 2015
A person who dabbles with a task (or anything else) but is not highly proficient at it and does not devote much time to it.
by Luddz June 5, 2015
by Luddz June 10, 2015
According to experiments (first conducted in the Hawthorn plant of Western Electric in Illinois, people who are told that they are highly capable and are doing well will then do even better work than worse. The adage "Honey catches more flies than vinegar" suggests that changes resulting from praise or dispraise may not be lasting.
At my workplace, nobody employs the Hawthorne Effect ....so it should be no big secret that it sucks to work there.
by Luddz June 10, 2015