Refers to a scene in the movie "Spartacus" starring Kirk Douglas as Spartacus. After the army of former Roman slaves led by Spartacus is defeated in battle by legions of the Roman army, a Roman general stands before the captured surviving members of the slave army and demands that they turn over Spartacus, or else all of the former slaves will be executed. Upon hearing this and not wanting his friends to be executed, Spartacus stands up and says "I am Spartacus." However, the loyalty of his friends is so great that each of them stands forward in succession, shouting "I am Spartacus!" until the shouts dissolve into a cacophony of thousands of former slaves each insisting "I am Spartacus!" Bewildered and still not knowing which of them is Spartacus, but impressed by the loyalty he inspires in his army, the Roman general has all of the slaves crucified in a miles-long display alongside the Appian Way leading back to Rome.
Thus the phrase "I am Spartacus!" is often used to humorously start a chorus of responses of "No, I am Spartacus" among a group.
Thus the phrase "I am Spartacus!" is often used to humorously start a chorus of responses of "No, I am Spartacus" among a group.
Person enters chat room and types "I am Spartacus."
100 other people in the chat room then respond with "No, I am Spartacus!", "I am Spartacus!", etc.
100 other people in the chat room then respond with "No, I am Spartacus!", "I am Spartacus!", etc.
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Used as an insult. If you say someone is ‘spare parts’ then you’re calling them useless, or they’re so poor at what they are doing that they might as well be doing nothing.
In a co-op video game, if there’s someone in your party that ends up doing jack shit for the team, then you’d say they are “spare parts.”
In a co-op video game, if there’s someone in your party that ends up doing jack shit for the team, then you’d say they are “spare parts.”
Player 1: Dude, player 3 got no absolutely no kills the entire round.
Player 2: I know, right? He just sat on his ass the whole game!
Player 1: Yup—he’s spare parts.
Player 2: I know, right? He just sat on his ass the whole game!
Player 1: Yup—he’s spare parts.
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Get the Spartacussing mug.Phrase used by sadistic managers (particularly in IT) to describe any moment of spare time their employee(s) might have.
The implication is that the employee is like an old mainframe computer, and should be put to work for every second of the day or else corporate value is lost.
The implication is that the employee is like an old mainframe computer, and should be put to work for every second of the day or else corporate value is lost.
Boss: "Hey, Bob has some spare cycles, he can do these 29 extra tasks."
Bob: <grunts incoherently and shuffles closer to complete mental breakdown>
Bob: <grunts incoherently and shuffles closer to complete mental breakdown>
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