4 definitions by tripper

lie-flat seat

An airline seat that offers a recline of at or near 180 degrees, but the angle of the seat is not parallel to the floor, rather a slant towards the floor. These seats are offered by many airlines' long-haul Business Class flights.

Singapore Airlines has defined the standards of a lie-flat seat.

by tripper December 7, 2004

burhan

The term is used in philosophy in various slightly different senses:

(1) mode of argumentation; (2) the argument itself; and

(3) the manifest evidence or proof of a convincing argument –in this last sense the term is also used in the Qur’an (4:174; 12:24).

Arabic: Ya ayyuha alnnasu qad jaakum burhanun min rabbikum waanzalna ilaykum nooran mubeenan

English: O people! surely there has come to you manifest proof from your Lord and We have sent to you clear light.

by tripper February 18, 2005

Rutherfraud

A nickname adopted for Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Governor of Ohio and the 19th President of the United States; who allegedly stole the 1876 US Presidential Election.

This was caused by the very tight margins that the polls have tabulated, where Rutherford Hayes (Republican) has only won by 1 electoral vote over the Democratic Candidate, Samuel J. Tilden (New York Governor). Whereas on the popular vote, Samuel Tilden had just won by over a 250,000 vote margin.

Rutherfraud, as the President of the United States has to decided run for only one term, as stated during his campaign

by tripper February 15, 2005

Trippin' Balls

The result of a large intake of shrooms or acid, often in conjunction with any number of other drugs (i.e. pot, heroin, coke)

Me: Dude this movie sucks.
Dan: I'm trippin' balls.
Me: What the hell is wrong with you.

by tripper November 16, 2004