limey

British sailors sucked on Limes to avoid scurvy when pioneering the New World.

Yes, Britain may have had its day in the 'whole world' picture, but - we do know where the USA is, how many states it has and are generally up-to-date with the names of the major political players. 2 Questions for our American cousins: 1. How many counties are in England? 2. Can you define the difference between; Great Britain, United Kingdom and British Isles?

by Kevin February 14, 2004

limelight

THEATRE lamp in which quicklime is heated: a type of lamp in which quicklime is heated to produce a brilliant light. It was used in theatres as an early form of stage lighting.

Handguns are in the limelight as a rash of shootings are reported.

by PC49 October 16, 2007

limey

Someone from Britian. Comes from the fact that British sailors would suck limes to prevent Scurvey.

Though in response to AimiaC the philistinic yank who wrote a definintion of limey before, really, you must learn to spell British before you insult them. Why do you call public toilets a bathroom when there is no bath in it? Clearly you have never been to the nicer ends of Newcastle or Liverpool where you're more likely to have a pipe shoved up your arse than speak like there's one up there. Bizzaire that the most popular food in the UK is curry when our tastes are so bland.

I'm not patriotic, I just dislike someone who sounds like they never moved out of their mothers insulting a country which is clearly better than theirs.

Typical limey : Gosh, look at that Yank over their, pass the smelling salts before I pass out, oh and Jeeves pop a pot of Earl Grey on the boil for later, toodlepip old bean.

by Lott February 11, 2007

limey

A term of abuse when used by non-limeys, but to a limey himself a compliment.
Based on the fact that British sailors were the first to use citrus fruit, commonly lime-juice being the most readily available from colonies in the West Indies, as an anti-scorbutic years before it was adopted by other sea-going nations.
Captain Cook used it for his crews on his various circumnavigations before 1779, yet American sailors still succumbed to scurvy during the War of 1812

Norteamericano:"You're just a goddam Limey!"
Limey:"Thankyou very much. Chuffed."

by davyclam July 6, 2008

limelight

fans of a famous boyband by the name of 'why don't we'. they're known to support the five boys; jonah, corbyn, daniel, jack and zach (from oldest to youngest). they support the band and have helped them travel the world on a sold out tour but are also well known for creating drama. they like to assume personal stuff about the boys and bring them and their families down. this is not acceptable..

friend: 'have you heard of the limelights?'
me: 'yeah, they're the ones starting drama right?'

by frantzich September 3, 2018

Limelight

Limelight is a word used by Why Don't We Fans. This word came from their first song called Taking you. In one of the lines of the song, it says... "I need you in my life like Limelight, wherever I go I'm taking you". Now, limelight is referred as the expensive VIP pass before concerts to get access to meet the boys, get merch, and have an after party too. This pass normally bumps up by $50 each year and is limited to about 15-20 people.

Fangirl One: "Ellie! Look! I got limelight! I'm super excited! I can't believe I got it!"
Fangirl Two: "Lucky, I just barely missed it!"

by wyhdontwe September 5, 2018

Limelife

When a person has been eating rather lavishly for at least three days in any given week.

"Man Kirk, you're just really living the limelife this week."

by Arrensan February 6, 2010