expression, Irish English.
When an individual stalls for time in order to appear somewhat sober when in reality, they likely are far from sober.
Based on a diplomatic incident in Shannon, Ireland on September 30, 1994 where a heavily inebriated Boris Yeltsin circled over Shannon Airport for an hour on his aircraft, before landing and refusing to come off for a while before emerging, seemingly sober but only if you didn't look too closely.
When an individual stalls for time in order to appear somewhat sober when in reality, they likely are far from sober.
Based on a diplomatic incident in Shannon, Ireland on September 30, 1994 where a heavily inebriated Boris Yeltsin circled over Shannon Airport for an hour on his aircraft, before landing and refusing to come off for a while before emerging, seemingly sober but only if you didn't look too closely.
"Ah, but surely we can go now. If we stall much longer, his da will think we're both circling over Shannon!"
by S. J. M. November 18, 2023
When a big corporation gets so arrogant and big that their standard response to customer service is to screw you over and to still charge you afterwards.
P1: "How did the call with the mobile company go?"
P2: "They bent me over and Adobe'd me until my eyes popped."
P1: "Damn."
P2: "Right? And they even asked for money for it!"
P2: "They bent me over and Adobe'd me until my eyes popped."
P1: "Damn."
P2: "Right? And they even asked for money for it!"
by S. J. M. November 02, 2022
The act of, or process in partaking in the complete and utter public destruction of the character/reputation of a person of interest via close analysis of their personal life and or past history, in order to exact a detrimental outcome for the person of interest. Usually malicious, or done in revenge.
by S. J. M. October 15, 2021