One who participates in the construction of a blockade. Usually hunting in packs of around 4-10, blockadiers are out to wreak havok. Blockades are constructed by youths, often in an intoxicated state with the purpose of inconveniencing traffic. Materials used to build blockades vary, but often include wheely bins. Blockades are usually the full width of the street.
A defensive strategy used in Cricket where a team defends as many balls as possible until end of play in order to avoid a defeat.
Often used in 5-Day TestCricket when you trail by a huge margin or when you are in dire straits of losing the match, employing the strategy of not scoring but trying to spend as much time so you can get to the end of the day-five without a result. A draw is always better than a loss in Cricket.
With the 'blockathon' being the need of the hour for the Proteas, De Villiers took 33 balls to score his first run.
South Africa attempt to salvage extraordinary draw with blockathon
The day after Thanksgiving, traditionally the first day of the Christmas season and the busiest shopping day of the year. Called "BlackFriday" because of the massive profits retailers rake in, recording them in black as opposed to red which denotes losses.
"I'm going shopping at 10 this morning"
"It's black friday, everything will already be gone!"
The most dangerous area of Oxford, full of chavs and bald men. If you walk in the area past 7pm you may be g checked. Prepare to encounter roadmen on Balfour Road, so avoid it if possible. People try to make it sound nice, but in reality it's not.
Mo: Want to go to blackbird leys later? My friend lives there.
John: No I don't want to die.