To occupy oneself with unimportant matters and neglect priorities during a crisis.
Origin: (The source of this phrase is the story that Nero played the fiddle (violin) while Rome Burned during the Great Fire in AD 64).
Origin: (The source of this phrase is the story that Nero played the fiddle (violin) while Rome Burned during the Great Fire in AD 64).
duskins: "Just waiting for the time to be ideal!"
Zavah: "That time is never going to exist,why are you fiddling while Rome burns?"
duskins: . . . "oh f***." >_<
Zavah: "That time is never going to exist,why are you fiddling while Rome burns?"
duskins: . . . "oh f***." >_<
by duskins July 17, 2006
Get the fiddling while Rome burnsmug. Emoticon for Satan. invented by -duskins a long time ago (no one else seems to make the claim and I haven't ever seen anyone else use it).
OVER Chat:
Bob Big Pants: Hi Duskery, want to talk on the phone?
-duskery: Die you sick B****! >:{=
Over email:
Girl: Blah blah blah blah
-duskins reply: >:{=
Bob Big Pants: Hi Duskery, want to talk on the phone?
-duskery: Die you sick B****! >:{=
Over email:
Girl: Blah blah blah blah
-duskins reply: >:{=
by duskins July 06, 2006
Get the >:{]=mug.