last stand

A battle that is considered the final defense of what is left of a military group, against an overwhelming opposition (example: 500 defenders vs. 2000 attackers). Here, the defending force will unleash all of their strength, motivated by a fighting spirit.

Usually this results in either the annihilation of the defending force, or in rare cases, the retreat of the attacking force, depending on the circumstances (example: Out of supplies, or have received heavy casualties).

Whilst in a last stand, the defending force has an opportunity to surrender, but that could also lead to their deaths. This however is really a moral question on if they should surrender or not, because the defending force really has nowhere else to retreat to should they be defeated. Mostly, the concept of a last stand is to ultimately 'go down fighting'.

Battle of Thermopylae
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of Port Hudson
Battle of Hill 3234
Battle of Long Tan

5 examples of a last stand

by jghrgfngierjfi April 7, 2009

last ditch effort

A final, pathetic attempt to do something when all other possibilities have been exhausted.

As a last ditch effort to become the cool kid and bring down all the jocks that shoved him in his locker and and threw him into piles of horse manure, Gerry turned to UrbanDictionary.com, where he could freely post definitions like "Gerry is da man" and "Joe Sparks is a poop-eating twatfaced loser".

by Nick D August 13, 2004

Obama's last name

One of the tree unsolved mysteries.

The three unsolved mysteries are

Area 51
Bermuda Triangle
And Obama's last name

by LeilaSP October 6, 2019

The Last Shadow Puppets

A small band consisted of Miles Kane and Alex Turner. Most of their songs are about their sexual tendencies for each other, but that's alright. You can tell.

Reporter: Alexa, now why did you break up with Alex Turner, that fine ass sonofabitch?
Alexa: Because of The Last Shadow Puppets

by tardisninja October 25, 2011

Last Samurai Syndrome

When a weeb who's never been anywhere near Japan feels like they have to protect every facet of Japanese culture even though they don't actually know anything about Japanese culture beyond what they see in anime.

"Dude....Why's that Evangelion T-Shirt wearing neckbeard over there screaming at someone because they said they didn't like sushi?"

"He's suffering from a case of Last Samurai Syndrome."

by VonHelson May 21, 2021

one last heist

Often said whenever you or your friends see a impressive,expensive, or interesting item. A reference to troupes in movies talking about one last job, it's often a good joke when out in public.

Person 1: Woah these are some sick chains.
Person 2: (Points at Shelf) One Last Heist

by fase March 12, 2017

Last Word Troll

A Last Word Troll is a person in an online forum (typically political but not limited) who claims a desire to end engagement with one or more people who are posting, but in their parting post they attempt to make a further point and/or hurl insults, condescension, etc. at others that warrant a response- to which the Last Word Troll always counter posts. This may go back and forth a bit(between 5 minutes and 5 days) with the Last Word Troll becoming increasingly agitated and insulting to others, yet continuing to respond when he/she is called out. The only way to stop a Last Word Troll is to post “I think you are a Last Word Troll; let’s see if I am correct”

Last word trolls are a bane to online forums

by Elmoore October 7, 2018