(verb, intransitive) to derive gain in spite of failure that would usually either preclude said gain or have adverse consequences.
Even though Fred was the salesman who lost the big advertising account, he is failing up to a seat on the Board of Directors.
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by pretendtobegreek April 29, 2011
Get the fixing a sprinkler system mug.The act of leaving your boyfriend or husband while at a public venue such as a club or bar to go fuck a stranger you met and then return to your husband or boyfriend at that same venue a short time later.
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Get the Flinging mug.A rotary wing aircraft, usually associated with a helicopter, however & to be fair can also be used to describe an autogyro
Do I really need to draw a picture for this one? If you ever saw a video of a helicopter accident you would understand why I refer to them as a flingwing!
by Flingwings September 2, 2006
Get the Flingwing mug.A Chekhov’s Firing Squad is when a TV show or movie has almost no plot in the first several episodes, and then proceeds to pull all triggers at once. The way that this turns out is a show feeling bland, with presumably filler episodes for most of the season, though these episode actually build foreshadowing and silent plot. These small, unnoticed details go completely unheard or said, until they all hit you at once like a freight train.
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