A term used in newsrooms everywhere to describe a hot mess, total mess, or disaster. You may need to call the red cross
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Get the urban dictionary browse categories vote store blog mug.'Vatican Cameos' is a phrase used in BBC's Sherlock when Sherlock is about to open Irene Adler's safe. The phrase first originated in World War 2. It was used when a non-military person, who was armed (gun or knife) entered a British military base. The phrase was a signal for everyone duck out of the line of fire. Sherlock knew that John, being a military man, would recognise this phrase and duck out of the way of the gun in the safe. It is not a code phrase which Sherlock and John coordinated as a safe word. Very clever, don't you think?
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Get the Vatican Cameos mug.Caleo is a ship for "Calypso" and "Leo Valdez" in the popular book series "Heros of Olympus" by Rick Riordan. Calypso, stranded on an island for all of eternity, meets Leo Valdez and she instantly dislikes him, but over time, she falls for him, they kiss, Leo leaves, but not before he swares on the River Styx that he'll come back for her. And fangirls everywhere believe that they'll end up together, but with the lines of the prophecy ringing in Leo's ears, "An oath to keep with a final breath," We're not so sure Leo's going to live to keep his promise to Calypso, or he'll die trying.
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Get the Caleo mug.In order to understand the meaning of Categorically False, one must understand the Categorical approach to defining crimes. Where there are two crimes that may be similar in nature, but defined differently in different areas (Such as "Burglary" and "Shoplifting") then one may or may not be the same as the other.
For example, State X defines walking into a store in the middle of the day and stealing X amount of product from the shelf as "Burglary". State Y defines the same action as "Shoplifting". It is in a defense attorney's best interest to argue that this conviction, especially as it applies to Federal Law (enhancing sentences based on prior convictions), does not fall in the same category as a specified crime.
So, in practice, it means that a reporter asking someone's opinion of whether or not the charges of "drug smuggling" to a relative are true. The interviewee would respond, "Those charges are categorically false". Meaning, this person did something... but not defined in the way you just asked about.
However, in popular culture, people using the phrase Categorically False simple mean "wholly untrue", which is incorrect.
For example, State X defines walking into a store in the middle of the day and stealing X amount of product from the shelf as "Burglary". State Y defines the same action as "Shoplifting". It is in a defense attorney's best interest to argue that this conviction, especially as it applies to Federal Law (enhancing sentences based on prior convictions), does not fall in the same category as a specified crime.
So, in practice, it means that a reporter asking someone's opinion of whether or not the charges of "drug smuggling" to a relative are true. The interviewee would respond, "Those charges are categorically false". Meaning, this person did something... but not defined in the way you just asked about.
However, in popular culture, people using the phrase Categorically False simple mean "wholly untrue", which is incorrect.
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Reporter: "Have you been questioned by the NYPD about your cousin?"
Councilwoman Mariah Dillard: "Family first Robin. I love my cousin Cornell Stokes. The charges against him are categorically false..."
Reporter: "Have you been questioned by the NYPD about your cousin?"
Councilwoman Mariah Dillard: "Family first Robin. I love my cousin Cornell Stokes. The charges against him are categorically false..."
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