Fidel Castro

Ruler of Cuba and arguably the most successful communist dictator of all time, in that a) Cuba's a relatively ok place to live, and b) he hasn't been killed yet. He was mates with Che Guevara, but funnily enough he's never ended up on a t-shirt. History doesn't like survivors.
Fidel Castro came to power in the 60s after ousting Batista.
by parsefone April 08, 2006
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Going for Glory

1. In football, to give the ball some welly from 40 yards out in the hope you will score a brilliant equaliser and be carried off the pitch by adoring team mates, rather than hit a defender or balloon hilariously over the bar, as you almost certainly will.

2. In a wider context, to refer to somebody having a jolly good go at something that they will inevitably fail at.
1. "We're into the 89th minute. Owen's got the ball, Geremi's to his left, and...oh dear."
"What can you say, Clive. The lad was going for glory."

2. "Did you see our Jeremy, chatting up that blonde bombshell?"
"Yeah. Got to give the lad credit, going for glory like that."
by Parsefone June 12, 2008
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bedwetter

1. One saddled with unhelpful bowels.

2. A tribe of indie centred around the piano-centric stylings of Coldplay and various copyists, e.g. Snow Patrol, Athlete, Embrace, James Blunt, Starsailor, Travis. Named by that respected and affable pillar of the musical community that is Liam Gallagher, they are generally associated with sensitivity, scarves and limp wrists.
1. "Better not put the good sheets down whilst Gran is around, Darren. She's a bedwetter and sensitive to that sort of thing."

2. "Better not put Rage Against The Machine on whilst Hubert is around, Darren. He's a bedwetter and sensitive to that sort of thing."
by Parsefone July 23, 2008
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green dream

Euphemism for putting a pet out of its misery.
Skipper got run over by a lorry, so the vet had to send him to the green dream. Never really liked dogs anyway.
by Parsefone October 14, 2006
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lad mag

genre of reading material that sits just below porn and to the right of music monthlies at your corner shop, usually featuring a bint with large assets on the front cover. It assumes (correctly) that its target audience cares only for cars, tits, lager and casual sexism, in approximately that order.
FHM and Nuts are prime examples of lad mags.
by Parsefone May 10, 2007
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Burp Gun

Either a lightweight submachine gun or a large automatic pistol, commonly used by Israeli militia or African mercenaries. Named not so much from the sound they make but from the indiscriminate bullet spray they produce.
Burp Guns are illegal in most parts of the world, and with good reason.
by Parsefone August 12, 2006
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flutter

British term for placing a bet on something.
"Fancy a flutter on the 3.00 Derby, Fred? I've got a tip that Elizabeth Green Massacre's going to walk it."
"The one with three legs, you mean? Go on then."
by Parsefone August 28, 2006
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