by BigBlackBlick January 19, 2010
Get the Filletbia mug.A person that brushes up against your life but never effects your life in the slightest. Seat fillers are those people out there that seem to be there just to prove that you and your friends and family are not the only ones on the planet.
A seat filler in your life isn't even allowed to interact on a level deeper than standing in the shadows.
I know for a fact that they exist because I have personally tried to engage seat fillers in conversation or befriend them and it is impossible.
Seat fillers are a necessity. Otherwise it would be a very lonely planet.
At award ceremonies like the Oscars they have people who are paid to keep the seats full when the stars get up and move around or participate int eh show - that way the camera always see a full house.
A seat filler in your life isn't even allowed to interact on a level deeper than standing in the shadows.
I know for a fact that they exist because I have personally tried to engage seat fillers in conversation or befriend them and it is impossible.
Seat fillers are a necessity. Otherwise it would be a very lonely planet.
At award ceremonies like the Oscars they have people who are paid to keep the seats full when the stars get up and move around or participate int eh show - that way the camera always see a full house.
The teller at my bank will not interact - if she is the perfect example is seat fillers she is an android of some sort - but I am not sure they have invented androids yet :)
by rustytango May 9, 2009
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Once you have had a successful job interview with a university (or other state agency) and all of your references have been contacted, if you don't get a response about the job, the usual protocol is to phone and find out what's going on. When you hear "The position will remain open until it is filled," it means that there is a hiring freeze that no one is talking about.
"You gave a wonderful interview, and we could really see you teaching with us here at (insert university name here). Though you and the other professor were in fact short-listed for the only two positions you both interviewed for (meaning, one position was going to you and the other, to her), 'the position will remain open until it is filled.'" Translation: "We don't have any money or budget to hire ANYONE but we must keep up the pretense that there is work available, or else our potential student population will decrease as a result of a lack-of-confidence in our ability to attack quality instructors. In fact, our mandate is to weed-out tenure-track professors and replace their $100,000 positions with 3 Master's-level students who we plan to pay less than $33,000 to, each. But please keep calling so we can tell you that the position will remain open until it is filled. Have a nice day."
by Rhetoric in America March 16, 2008
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Get the filet mignon mug.A work of fiction, between the length of a drabble and a full-on fiction story.
This is usually fanfiction, but sometimes it can be original fiction.
This is usually fanfiction, but sometimes it can be original fiction.
Person 1: I wrote a ficlet for you!
Person 2: Aww, thanks! I love ficlets, they're just the right length!
Person 2: Aww, thanks! I love ficlets, they're just the right length!
by boosdlk December 15, 2012
Get the ficlet mug.A segment of anime, whether it be an entire episode or part of one, which does not appear in the manga of the title. Fillers, as the name implies, "fills" an episode with non-canonical material which has been written usually by the same company which animates it.
Animation companies utilize fillers for a number of reasons:
** If the companies feel that the anime is catching up to the manga too quickly, they will insert entire filler episodes to allow the manga writer to write more chapters.
** Anime versions are usually able to adapt at least two manga chapters per anime episode. If the anime writers feel that a crucial chapter should not be aired in the last part of an episode, they will add a filler segment to make up for this, and air the crucial parts in a fresh episode.
** If the anime gains huge popularity amongst the viewers, anime companies often add fillers to extend the anime, capitalizing off the popularity (one example of this is Naruto, airing fillers for over a year, turning the anime stale).
Animation companies utilize fillers for a number of reasons:
** If the companies feel that the anime is catching up to the manga too quickly, they will insert entire filler episodes to allow the manga writer to write more chapters.
** Anime versions are usually able to adapt at least two manga chapters per anime episode. If the anime writers feel that a crucial chapter should not be aired in the last part of an episode, they will add a filler segment to make up for this, and air the crucial parts in a fresh episode.
** If the anime gains huge popularity amongst the viewers, anime companies often add fillers to extend the anime, capitalizing off the popularity (one example of this is Naruto, airing fillers for over a year, turning the anime stale).
It is a common misconception that "fillers" are only used to refer to entire non-canonical episodes. This is due to 14 year old anime fans bastardizing this word by drawing it out of context in its use.
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<NARUTOluvr669> omg, i hope dey, lyk, stop showing doze NARUTO fillerz dey r soooooo ghey!
<SasukeChidoriSharingan666> omg lol i kno wut u mean!
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Fred: Hey, I heard the Kenshin anime added fillers and never returned to the main storyline.
Gil: Ouch man.
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<NARUTOluvr669> omg, i hope dey, lyk, stop showing doze NARUTO fillerz dey r soooooo ghey!
<SasukeChidoriSharingan666> omg lol i kno wut u mean!
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Fred: Hey, I heard the Kenshin anime added fillers and never returned to the main storyline.
Gil: Ouch man.
by Standalonex19A December 31, 2006
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