"I can't talk now, I'm totally thronged." means swamped with work. "I came in to work and was thronged with emails."
Common expression in Wall Street law firms. Originally from Old Norse. cf Icelandic þröng, etc. (narrow, tightly pressed; compelled, forced in the sense of being pressed to do something ); trang (narrow), Swedish trång (narrow, tight). All probably related to the Standard English throng (crowded, to form a tightly-packed crowd, etc.). Perhaps from Yorkshire dialect. Variants: thrang, threng.
Common expression in Wall Street law firms. Originally from Old Norse. cf Icelandic þröng, etc. (narrow, tightly pressed; compelled, forced in the sense of being pressed to do something ); trang (narrow), Swedish trång (narrow, tight). All probably related to the Standard English throng (crowded, to form a tightly-packed crowd, etc.). Perhaps from Yorkshire dialect. Variants: thrang, threng.
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The emotion one feels when they have not watched the latest Game of Thrones episode. This is exacerbated by spoilers on Facebook, Twitter, work colleagues and Google Trends. Symptoms include anxiety, nausea, paranoia and the constant fear of your favourite character's death.
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how was your thon?
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i am a thonner
i'm too sore to thon, i'll do a half-thon instead.
let's do an ultra-thon
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I used to get so embarrassed by getting piss all over my jeans whenever I went to the toilet, but since I became a dedicated throne-pisser, my clean jeans have been the talk of the town!
A: I didn't hear you pissing just then.
B: Oh that's right, I sat down to avoid making noise and pissing on myself.
A: Reeeal? Did you change your tampons too you throne-pisser?
A: I didn't hear you pissing just then.
B: Oh that's right, I sat down to avoid making noise and pissing on myself.
A: Reeeal? Did you change your tampons too you throne-pisser?
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Get the throne-pisser mug.The evolutionary body style of royal and well bread humans wherein the torso grows long than normal and the legs shorter - perfectly proportioned for climbing pyramids and being comfortably seated in a throne.
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