(adjective) Extremely bad, displeasing or offensive to one or more of the senses. Not only bad, but singularly bad to the point where it is estimated to be the very worst of its kind.
The crime scene was a gawdawful spectacle he'll never forget.
My housemaid has no sense of smell... which is good, because she is spared the gawdawful odors that my house sometimes harbors.
Melvin Van Peebles's SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADAAASSS SONG is a gawdawful mishmash of ideas and tones.
John's first attempt at preparing Indian food simply yielded a gawdawful mess that he ended up feeding to the dog.
My housemaid has no sense of smell... which is good, because she is spared the gawdawful odors that my house sometimes harbors.
Melvin Van Peebles's SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADAAASSS SONG is a gawdawful mishmash of ideas and tones.
John's first attempt at preparing Indian food simply yielded a gawdawful mess that he ended up feeding to the dog.
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Slow down on the wet road, or you'll do yourself in.
Shooting heroin and coke together is a surefire recipe to do yourself in.
Slow down on the wet road, or you'll do yourself in.
Shooting heroin and coke together is a surefire recipe to do yourself in.
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Get the do yourself in mug.(adjective, used in the fields of fine art, graphic art, CGI, animation and film) Of, like or resembling a cartoon. Usually said of a drawing, caricature or CGI image, animation or film. Including the simplification of forms, exaggeration of caricaturing, and often including bright, saturated colors. Often looking more 2-dimensional than 3D, flat, like a cartoon.
Example: "In our next CGI film, we want the overall look to be more toony, less naturalistic and realistic."
"In my sketch here, I'm deliberately exaggerating proportions to make things look more toony."
"The actor's exaggerated facial expressions and bodily movements almost give his performance a toony quality."
"In my sketch here, I'm deliberately exaggerating proportions to make things look more toony."
"The actor's exaggerated facial expressions and bodily movements almost give his performance a toony quality."
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(Pronounced to rhyme with the English words "do us")
A very stupid, obstreporous, despicable, disagreeable person, often a male. An "asshole" or "dickhead".
(Pronounced to rhyme with the English words "do us")
A very stupid, obstreporous, despicable, disagreeable person, often a male. An "asshole" or "dickhead".
Example 1: "Ag, that ouk is a real doos, ek se."
Translation: "Man, that guy is a real asshole, I'm telling you."
Example 2: "Listen, stop being such a doos."
Translation: "Listen, stop being such a foolish idiot."
Translation: "Man, that guy is a real asshole, I'm telling you."
Example 2: "Listen, stop being such a doos."
Translation: "Listen, stop being such a foolish idiot."
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Get the doos mug.(Chiefly Southern U.S.) Deliberately obstreporous, stubborn, defiant, mean-spirited or difficult, often in a disagreeably passive-aggressive fashion.
A. Amy Winehouse comes to the mic with a real shit-assed attitude that may have cost her some popularity with American audiences.
or:
B. Okay! Okay! We'll do it your way! But you don't have to be so shit-assed about it!
or:
B. Okay! Okay! We'll do it your way! But you don't have to be so shit-assed about it!
by david lincoln brooks June 04, 2008
Get the shit-assed mug.An aparatchik is someone who enters a pre-existing human hierarchy (like a corporation, a government or an online Forum) purely for egotistical reasons of his/her own. In other words, they have no sympathy or interest in THE ORIGINAL TOPIC OR CAUSE for which the corporation, government or forum was created; rather, they simply see the hierarchy as a ladder by which they can cynically achieve their own selfish aims (money, power, visibility, etc.)
The city politics of Finetown used to be so interesting, as its founders were passionate crusaders who truly wanted to create a utopia; today, however, Finetown's council is filled with bored aparatchiks who just seek to get ahead and make money without accomplishing anything.
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Get the aparatchik mug.This millennial update of the Swingin' 60's "Whatever turns you on" is a little bit more cynical, yet more open to so-called alternative lifestyles. Truly a "post-porn" phrase, it refers to the internal visualizations one does as fantasy to induce sexual arousal and ultimately, orgasm ("home"). Loosely, it can mean "Whatever makes you happy" or "There's no accounting for taste."
Gossip #1: Have you seen his new wife? She's half his age, and he insisted that she have breast implants done, and that she bleach her hair blonde!"
Gossip #2: Wow. Whatever takes you home, I guess, hmm?
Or:
Man #1: I'm painting my house canary yellow... What do you think?
Man #2: Whatever takes you home.
Gossip #2: Wow. Whatever takes you home, I guess, hmm?
Or:
Man #1: I'm painting my house canary yellow... What do you think?
Man #2: Whatever takes you home.
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