English style pale ale. The three types are session bitter (3.5%-4%abv), best bitter (4%-5%abv) and Extra special bitter (over 5%).
English bitter is the finest beer in the world. Much better than that piss water continental lager and american ale.
by Eddie Hunter April 4, 2006
Get the bitter mug.Butten (or buttening) is the art of pushing someone elses nose upwards to make them look like a pig while they grin and bare their teeth.
Can be used in good or bad situations.
Can be used in good or bad situations.
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a) (original meaning) : among winter time lobster and crab fishermen in North America: on a vessel, to close all entrances to the lower decks and crew cabins when you are in a storm
b) (my new and improved meaning): in Atlantic Canada and New England and in cities such as New York, Boston, Montreal, Halifax, to insulate the doors and windows of one's house for the winter months.
b) (my new and improved meaning): in Atlantic Canada and New England and in cities such as New York, Boston, Montreal, Halifax, to insulate the doors and windows of one's house for the winter months.
to batten the hatches definition b), even if it costs a small fortune, is a snow-brainer if you live in Canada or The northeastern United States
by Sexydimma March 7, 2015
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by parked45 November 27, 2020
Get the betten-we mug.White, less-educated, individuals who trend conservative (either on social values or economic policy); small-town, working class people; individuals with less than four years of college who earn less than 50K per year; religious, pro-gun, social conservatives.
Derived from Barack Obama's quote:
"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are going to regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
Derived from Barack Obama's quote:
"You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton Administration and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are going to regenerate and they have not. And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
"That's right, America: you can add Florida to the long list of Bitters forged in the crucible of the endless, violent, gnashing-of-teeth and rending-of-garments campaign of 2008." --Wonkette
"They have many Bitters in Michigan ever since the Chinese & Mexicans took their factory jobs." --Wonkette
"They have many Bitters in Michigan ever since the Chinese & Mexicans took their factory jobs." --Wonkette
by timo34 May 21, 2008
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*likes to make your life miserable
*a teacher
* has no girlfriend and lives with 4 cats all by himself!
*assigns essays on winter and spring break!!
*likes to make your life miserable
*a teacher
* has no girlfriend and lives with 4 cats all by himself!
*assigns essays on winter and spring break!!
by HHS1986 May 12, 2009
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DB#47: Melbourne Bitter
Chris: *wipes mouth clean after vomiting* You dirty cunt.
DB#47: Melbourne Bitter
Chris: *wipes mouth clean after vomiting* You dirty cunt.
by Chris O'Connell March 27, 2009
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