Observer: I don't understand...
Eileen: That is because... They are coming...
Observer: I understand!
Eileen: That is because... They are coming...
Observer: I understand!
by BossHoss January 11, 2009
Get the they are coming mug.Expression used to denote ones depressive, apathetic attitude toward their work. Usually, it expresses your inability to change anything and your inevitable departure from said job.
Example 1:
Guy 1: "Did you get the memo? I guess they're taking money back because they overpaid us $600 for per diem on that business trip last week."
Guy 2: "They can keep it. In fact, they should take more of my money. Who needs college tuition? Not my kids."
Example 2:
Guy 1: "You hear, man, we have to stay late again because the boss can't get her shit strait."
Guy 2: "She can keep it. In fact, she should take more of my nights. I don't mind missing my sons' birthday."
Guy 1: "It's hers. She can have it."
Guy 1: "Did you get the memo? I guess they're taking money back because they overpaid us $600 for per diem on that business trip last week."
Guy 2: "They can keep it. In fact, they should take more of my money. Who needs college tuition? Not my kids."
Example 2:
Guy 1: "You hear, man, we have to stay late again because the boss can't get her shit strait."
Guy 2: "She can keep it. In fact, she should take more of my nights. I don't mind missing my sons' birthday."
Guy 1: "It's hers. She can have it."
by simpledude March 24, 2010
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To be referring to a group of others as a whole such as a government, military group, etc. Similar to "the royal we".
Person A: "They put another set of traffic lights here."
Person B: "Are you referring to the government with the royal they?"
Person A: "Yup."
Person B: "Are you referring to the government with the royal they?"
Person A: "Yup."
by DrMolotov January 10, 2009
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Get the they mug.They Might Be Giants, as reffered to by an announcer on the album Severe Tire Damage on the second track They Got Lost.
by Richard Bourque December 16, 2005
Get the They Must Be Giants mug.Of a nature of times past. Rarely replicated in our modern world. Folksy. Often this term is used to describe some thing or process that is not modern. However, it can also mean something that is of uncompromising quality.
Person 1: How come your contractor doesn't use a nailgun to frame? Why does he insist on using his hammer?
Person 2: I guess he's old timey.
Person 2: I guess he's old timey.
by D'Wayne Giles July 3, 2008
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