- a loquacious pundit turned talking head that details how inevitable the event was after the event occurs, usually with hindsight bias.
- retroactive forecaster
- retroactive forecaster
The collapse of Lehman Brothers brought out the Trailing Experts and their told-you-so punditry.
Cable networks fill their voids with Trailing Experts seemingly spawned by the woodwork as after-the-fact Cassandras.
Cable networks fill their voids with Trailing Experts seemingly spawned by the woodwork as after-the-fact Cassandras.
by koolmeme January 27, 2010
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...to Triddle the day away.
...and he is a Triddler.
...to Triddle the day away.
...and he is a Triddler.
Arthur triddled the day away in the field. (around the barn etc.)
Jimmy triddles too much in front of the computer!
Mr. Curzed is a master triddler!
Mickey has been triddling over there for hours!
Sonja triddled all day in classes nursing a hangover.
Jimmy triddles too much in front of the computer!
Mr. Curzed is a master triddler!
Mickey has been triddling over there for hours!
Sonja triddled all day in classes nursing a hangover.
by Tex1954 May 6, 2011
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February 29th is known as National Toe Pic Trading Day. On this day, it is customary to send quality pictures of your toes to your friends. Make sure to moisturize your toes and clip your nails. Many participants decide to hire a professional Toe Photographer. Toe Photography is now a growing industry, thanks to this national holiday. This holiday was established by our founding fathers upon discovering their love for toes and the freedom that our foot-fingers symbolize.
—“Bro, make sure to moisturize you toes on National Toe Pic Trading Day.”
—“Of course bro, can’t wait.”
—“Of course bro, can’t wait.”
by noscrofopo-official November 13, 2019
Get the National Toe Pic Trading Day mug.The act of killing someone in a shooter game by shooting the bullet through a narrow space at distance . Usually done with a sniper rifle and with only one shot.
Gamer : Dude i was playing Bad Company 2 and all i could see was this campers scalp about half the map away between two hummers through my scope one shot one kill.
Gamers Friend : Dude that's called threading the needle your a bad ass!!
Gamers Friend : Dude that's called threading the needle your a bad ass!!
by Cadmb3 April 18, 2011
Get the threading the needle mug.Clay was not satisfied with the amount of candy he received on Halloween, so he decided to go trigger treating and filled 3 trashbags of candy, watches and money by the end of the night.
by WFItty June 22, 2011
Get the trigger treating mug.A term used to describe seeing a moving object not as an individual entity in motion but in serial, momentarily stationary positions. If the observer moves his finger across his field of vision, he not only sees his finger moving as a single object, but also sees the various individual movements needed to make up the complete movement. It is like a slow-motion multiple exposure effect.
by Jay 081591 January 15, 2009
Get the Trailing mug.A list pane found on the right-hand side on the hompage of the Social networking site Twitter. It Shows the current most popular and talked-about topics on twitter. The ranking are in real time and are changed respectively.
Note: this can be collapsed and expanded
Note: this can be collapsed and expanded
Guy: I got on twitter today and saw that Michael Jackson was finally off the trending topics
Girl: Only to be replaced by Chris Brown and Rihanna
Guy: So much for trending topics being the source of breaking news
Girl: yeah.... *sigh*
Girl: Only to be replaced by Chris Brown and Rihanna
Guy: So much for trending topics being the source of breaking news
Girl: yeah.... *sigh*
by deasmenc July 20, 2009
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