A dreadnought was a type of battleship that emerged in the early 20th century. It all started in 1906, when the Royal Navy launched HMS Dreadnought. With its steam turbine engine, and uniform “all big gun” battery, its design was so superior that it made literally every other battleship in the world completely obsolete. The USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and even Chile, Brazil and Argentina frantically began building and buying ships of this type, which collectively became known as “dreadnoughts”. This “dreadnought race” is comparable to the nuclear arms race of the Cold War. Dreadnoughts were enormously expensive, and a nation’s technological, economic and industrial power was measured by how many dreadnoughts it possessed. Dreadnoughts ruled the waves up until WWII, when the age of battleships in general came to an end. Aircraft carriers and naval aviation superseded them as the key striking power of a modern fleet.
British and German dreadnoughts clashed inconclusively during WWI in 1916 at the battle of Jutland, considered by some the largest naval battle in history.
Spain built three dreadnoughts of the España class. Because of the feeble Spanish economy, they were the smallest dreadnoughts ever built. They did see combat action, but all three were destroyed in rather ignominious ways.
Spain built three dreadnoughts of the España class. Because of the feeble Spanish economy, they were the smallest dreadnoughts ever built. They did see combat action, but all three were destroyed in rather ignominious ways.
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Background: The word came into usage when an Angelica doll got its head snapped off.
Background: The word came into usage when an Angelica doll got its head snapped off.
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A stupid moron who compensates for a tiny penis by being a huge asshole online while playing wow who still lives with his parents.
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Get the Dreador mug.In the context of eating a hippy at thanksgiving time and wanting to savour every part, after the crown of turkey is cooked you may wish for some sausage to add just to flare up the presentation of the thing. Well good news, if there are any local hippies living in your vicinity why not just break off a few dreadlocks of their's and have those instead? As can be seen in the "I hate hummers" video at blerds.com
"Hippies. I hate hippies. I eat hippies for thanks giving dinner. Dreadlock sausages mother fucker: crunch, crunch, crunchety crunch."
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Sometimes known as DWKnight for short.
Primarily seen in online games
Sometimes known as DWKnight for short.
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When the ends of dreads splash all over your face like little water droplets. It generally occurs when walking behind, or standing behind, a wook at a concert who is getting down and moving their dreads around like it's nobody's business.
As I was walking to the bathroom at the concert, I grazed by a wook, who in mid-dance, gave me the biggest dread-splashing I've ever experience.
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