The act of posting a vague, attention seeking update on your social network profile that requires other users to inquire about your status.
John: "That girl Ashley posts nothing but leading status updates. Today's was, 'Why do things like this always happen to me?'"
Pete: "Things like what?"
John: "No one knows, she's trying to lead you into feeling bad for her and comment on her update."
Pete: "Things like what?"
John: "No one knows, she's trying to lead you into feeling bad for her and comment on her update."
by Bestkeptsecret July 25, 2011
When a software product, usually a video game is being developed for multiple systems (ex. playstation 3, xbox 360.) the devloper will often create the product on one then create a port, or reformatted version for the other. The system that the software is developed for first is the lead platform.
"The lead platform for Dragon Age Orgins was the PC and ports were created for the PS3 and the X Box 360
by The_Darkness January 12, 2011
My friend said his uncle died of lead poisining. However, I did not think that he told the whole truth.
by Light Joker December 25, 2004
That young boy is orphan lead.
by bfeidz May 20, 2009
Expression referring to an instructor's frustration (literally: mechanical pencil lead breaking under excessive comment writing pressure) while marking a student paper which violates both instruction and Standard American English.
After having marked 42 essays that compared and contrasted two poems, nearly every one of them ignoring the pointed lesson of the previous class, by the 43rd I was breaking lead when the student wrote that the poets had "concocted imagery" and employed "religious illusions".
by Gemini Professor February 22, 2011
by ConversationStarter May 18, 2010
noun:
A Medieval torture device used to pour hot liquids on the victims. This simple device had holes in it which could dispence boiling water, molten lead, etc.
A Medieval torture device used to pour hot liquids on the victims. This simple device had holes in it which could dispence boiling water, molten lead, etc.
by Argonak April 12, 2008