Once you have had a successful job interview with a university (or other state agency) and all of your references have been contacted, if you don't get a response about the job, the usual protocol is to phone and find out what's going on. When you hear "The position will remain open until it is filled," it means that there is a hiring freeze that no one is talking about.
"You gave a wonderful interview, and we could really see you teaching with us here at (insert university name here). Though you and the other professor were in fact short-listed for the only two positions you both interviewed for (meaning, one position was going to you and the other, to her), 'the position will remain open until it is filled.'" Translation: "We don't have any money or budget to hire ANYONE but we must keep up the pretense that there is work available, or else our potential student population will decrease as a result of a lack-of-confidence in our ability to attack quality instructors. In fact, our mandate is to weed-out tenure-track professors and replace their $100,000 positions with 3 Master's-level students who we plan to pay less than $33,000 to, each. But please keep calling so we can tell you that the position will remain open until it is filled. Have a nice day."
by Rhetoric in America March 16, 2008
Get the The position will remain open until it is filledmug. Usually followed by "done this" "eaten this" "watched some movie" etc. It emphasises that so many people have doen it that it has become part of life. Of course, this is most convincing coming from a short fat woman with greasy hair who looks like she's seen every movie ever, eaten every food possible, yo-yo dieted all the time etc.
by Kung-Fu Jesus April 22, 2004
Get the you haven't lived until you...mug. The idea that someone is guilty unless they can come up with another person who is either guilty or a strong suspect. The idea is usually based on an imprecise process of elimination.
Parent to child: Did you do it?
Child: No.
Parent: Well if you didn't do it, then who did?
Nearby observer: Ah ha, she's using the guilty until alternate suspect principle.
Child: No.
Parent: Well if you didn't do it, then who did?
Nearby observer: Ah ha, she's using the guilty until alternate suspect principle.
by BillyBuggy March 17, 2011
Get the Guilty until alternate suspect principlemug. by Jhon hanfle July 5, 2018
Get the Until Death Call My Namemug. “Omg Ellie your so gay!!!”- Emelie “you wanna back that up buttercup? 😐”- Ellie *shows prove* (straight until proven gay)
by anonymous October 17, 2021
Get the Straight until proven gaymug. Remaking your definition until it’s accepted is exactly that
It is to recreate the same thing again because it didn’t appear and you really want it to
It is to recreate the same thing again because it didn’t appear and you really want it to
by Appleeq August 1, 2018
Get the Remaking your definition until it’s acceptedmug. 干爆鸭头
Suppose you are in a Chinese restaurant.
"Which dish do you prefer?"
"fuck the duck's head until it's exploded."
"Which dish do you prefer?"
"fuck the duck's head until it's exploded."
by Mr. ssb July 17, 2020
Get the fuck the duck's head until it's explodedmug.