<colloquial expression>
If the "penny has dropped" it means someone has finally realised the situation they are in after possibly being unaware of it for a long time, depending on the situation.
==> The phrase dates back to the Victorian Era and the popular penny-slot arcades. The penny would often stick halfway down the slot and the user would then have to either wait, or give the machine a thump before the 'penny finally dropped' and they could begin playing.
If the "penny has dropped" it means someone has finally realised the situation they are in after possibly being unaware of it for a long time, depending on the situation.
==> The phrase dates back to the Victorian Era and the popular penny-slot arcades. The penny would often stick halfway down the slot and the user would then have to either wait, or give the machine a thump before the 'penny finally dropped' and they could begin playing.
THOMAS: "You know... The other day with the beavers?"
COLIN: "........."
THOMAS: "We used their dam as a bridge?"
COLIN: "........."
THOMAS: "Ruined their homes?"
COLIN: "OHHHHHHHH, now I get you."
GARY: "Ah, the penny has finally dropped. Stupid fool."
COLIN: "........."
THOMAS: "We used their dam as a bridge?"
COLIN: "........."
THOMAS: "Ruined their homes?"
COLIN: "OHHHHHHHH, now I get you."
GARY: "Ah, the penny has finally dropped. Stupid fool."
by Stuart Fletcher January 22, 2005
Get the Penny has Droppedmug. <transitive verb>
1) To eject swiftly.
2) To utter suddenly.
3) To blow a full-on shed-full of baby-batter out of your jap's eye.
1) To eject swiftly.
2) To utter suddenly.
3) To blow a full-on shed-full of baby-batter out of your jap's eye.
1) The pilot ejaculated from the aircraft just before the point of collision.
2) "Oh!" Thomas ejaculated, "That came as a surprise."
3) I have just ejaculated into your mother's vaginal crevice.
2) "Oh!" Thomas ejaculated, "That came as a surprise."
3) I have just ejaculated into your mother's vaginal crevice.
by Stuart Fletcher January 18, 2005
Get the Ejaculatemug. <negative third person singular> Chiefly American Colloquial Contraction
A single word that is equivalent to other words such as:
1) Am not
2) Are not
3) Is not
==> Most likely originated in the Southern States of America as it flows easily with their accent but has now been used in many places around the world.
A single word that is equivalent to other words such as:
1) Am not
2) Are not
3) Is not
==> Most likely originated in the Southern States of America as it flows easily with their accent but has now been used in many places around the world.
by Stuart Fletcher January 29, 2005
Get the Aintmug. <noun> television;
M.A.S.K. literally 'Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand' was a cartoon series made in the late 80's - early 90's featuring a team of men led by Matt Trakker utilising masks with special powers and special vehicles against another team of villains known as V.E.N.O.M. It was very successful.
M.A.S.K. literally 'Mobile Armoured Strike Kommand' was a cartoon series made in the late 80's - early 90's featuring a team of men led by Matt Trakker utilising masks with special powers and special vehicles against another team of villains known as V.E.N.O.M. It was very successful.
GONZALEZ: "M.A.S.K. was probably one of the best cartoons to ever come from America. It had violence, but no blood. Amazing."
RONALD: "Yeah, they lived in a laser age! They're cool. Cartoons nowadays are shit and boring."
GONZALEZ: "I concur."
RONALD: "Yeah, they lived in a laser age! They're cool. Cartoons nowadays are shit and boring."
GONZALEZ: "I concur."
by Stuart Fletcher January 11, 2005
Get the M.A.S.K.mug. 1) <adj> Feeling a desire to drink.
2) <adj> Causing thirst.
3) <adj> Expressing a desire to want something.
4) <adj> Chiefly British slang; A exceptionally attractive female (or man, respectively) who is "thirsty for sperm."
--> From Old English: 'Thurst'
2) <adj> Causing thirst.
3) <adj> Expressing a desire to want something.
4) <adj> Chiefly British slang; A exceptionally attractive female (or man, respectively) who is "thirsty for sperm."
--> From Old English: 'Thurst'
1)
That Phidippides must have been thirsty after running 140 miles from Marathon to Sparta in 2 days.
2)
Running 140 miles in two days is thirsty work.
3)
I am thirsty to win that tournament!
4)
SCOTT: "I've just seen a girl; She was thirsty."
FLETCH: "How do you know?"
SCOTT: "I mean she was thirsty for sperm!"
FLETCH: "Show me the girl."
That Phidippides must have been thirsty after running 140 miles from Marathon to Sparta in 2 days.
2)
Running 140 miles in two days is thirsty work.
3)
I am thirsty to win that tournament!
4)
SCOTT: "I've just seen a girl; She was thirsty."
FLETCH: "How do you know?"
SCOTT: "I mean she was thirsty for sperm!"
FLETCH: "Show me the girl."
by Stuart Fletcher May 10, 2005
Get the Thirstymug. by Stuart Fletcher November 15, 2004
Get the Full-Onmug. <adj> British slang
1) To be tough, strong and a good fighter.
2) To pretend to be tough, strong and a good fighter.
1) To be tough, strong and a good fighter.
2) To pretend to be tough, strong and a good fighter.
1) "Keith is hard, last week he totally fucked over Bilbo."
2) "I'm 'ard me innit. Dah'n fucken mess."
2) "I'm 'ard me innit. Dah'n fucken mess."
by Stuart Fletcher November 06, 2004
Get the Hardmug.