The thankless task of being the first one to take a hit, from the practice of coal miners of bringing down a caged canary to see if there's dangerous gas below
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We were serenaded by a Rocky Mountain canary.
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In Australia when a car is pulled over by the police for being unroadworthy a defect notice is given and a large yellow sign (canary) is stuck to the front windscreen.
Being given a defect notice is thus referred to as 'being canaried'.
Being given a defect notice is thus referred to as 'being canaried'.
I got canaried on the way home because my car is a mobile disaster area. The cop was a total babe though so it wasn't all bad.
by Darvon June 1, 2011
Get the Canaried mug.Office canary: a worthless or virtually worthless employee who will definitely be fired before you, but if that person does get fired, you had better look out.
Very similar to the canarys miners would take into the mine with them to warn them about poison gas. If the canary died, it was time to get out of dodge…
Where did the girl go that sat near the door?
She got let go and now I'm worried as she was my office canary.
Where did the girl go that sat near the door?
She got let go and now I'm worried as she was my office canary.
by Matt Kerr April 23, 2008
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Get the beef canary mug.NBC is planning to give Jay Leno the 11:35 p.m. time slot and to either bump Conan to 12:05 or to move him off The Tonight Show altogether. Team Conan believes that this is balderdash and that NBC should favor Conan O'Brien, unequivocally a better comic and host than Leno.
by GCV January 13, 2010
Get the Team Conan mug.Conallism is a modern religion. Similar in aspects to Solipsism, and to a lesser extent, Buddhism. Based on the question "Does God know he is God? If not, is he really God? Or just you?"
It differs from Solipsism in that each individual does not believe he or she is subconsciously God, rather they believe that Conall, a normal person, is God and unknowingly controls the world through his subconscious.
Followers of the religion, or Conallists, believe Conall's mental state is vital to the world remaining stable. Suttle changes in mood of the deity could result in natural catastrophes, disease or other types of suffering anywhere in the world.
Conallism, like Buddhism, contains the idea's of Karma, reincarnation, meditation etc.
It differs from Solipsism in that each individual does not believe he or she is subconsciously God, rather they believe that Conall, a normal person, is God and unknowingly controls the world through his subconscious.
Followers of the religion, or Conallists, believe Conall's mental state is vital to the world remaining stable. Suttle changes in mood of the deity could result in natural catastrophes, disease or other types of suffering anywhere in the world.
Conallism, like Buddhism, contains the idea's of Karma, reincarnation, meditation etc.
by Rhys Connor November 12, 2010
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