Definitions by jafje

Slaging

1) U.K. criticism: a series of insulting, mocking, or critical comments.

2) USA: To sleep with someone.

1) I took a right slaging over that haircut

2) He's always slaging with people he knows for like an hour.

Slaging by Jafje June 28, 2007

Commission 

1) A fee paid to an agent for providing a service, especially a percentage of the total amount of business transacted.

2) A job or task given to a person or a group, especially an order to produce a particular product or piece of work.

3) A group of people authorized to carry out a duty.

4) The committing of something, especially a crime or other offense.

1) The middleman was paid a fee.

2) The factory was given a commission.

3) The spy had commission to kill suspects of terrorism.

4) The commission of a crime.

Commission by Jafje June 28, 2007

SGA 

Short for Stargate Atlantis.

After they cancelled SG-1, many people switched to SGA because Amanda Tapping would join the cast for a season.

SGA by Jafje June 18, 2007

Abolitionist 

A person who campaigns for the abolition (= banning) of something.

A person who campaigned for the abolition of slavery is an abolitionist.

Abolitionist by Jafje May 25, 2007

Census 

An official count of the population, carried out every 10 years. It includes details on every member of a household, e.g. name, age, occupation and place of birth.

Census is done every 10 years.

Census by Jafje May 25, 2007

Colony 

A country which is run by the government of another country. Officials and many inhabitants often come from the "mother country".

The mother country is the country that governs the colony.

Colony by Jafje May 25, 2007

Conscription 

A law that forces all men (and sometimes women) to join the armed forces if and when they are needed.

The government passed conscription because they're at war.

Conscription by Jafje May 25, 2007