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sword and sandal

Genre of Movie containing a mixture of the following:

The trailer or introduction is always read out by the same guy, you know the one, him with the deep croaky voice; "IN THE LAND BEFORE THE TIME OF ...."

The hero, who even though he has has muscles in his shite wears a short little skirt thing no matter what the weather and a pair of sandals.

His village, parents or pet gerbil get wiped out by the bad guy.

He meets a mentor who is an old man of vaguelly Asian appearance who will train him in martial art and motivate him.

He is given a mythical weapon, usually a bloody great broadsword or axe that would give lesser men a double hernia just to lift up, it sometimes has a name.

He will meet up with and make friends with some very strange characters during the movie.

He will meet up with and make enemies of some very strange characters during the movie.

At one stage he will be captured and tortured, making him grunt, sweat and writhe a lot before his improbable escape, probally a plus for the ladies.

He will need to find some kind of talisman or jewel to defeat his enemy.

His enemy will be pug ugly, really evil and have some weakness that the talisman or jewel will exploit, he may have a dodgy sidekick to break up the dramatic flow with a sprinkling of humor.

The enemy may leave something behind before he gets his just deserts, for the sequel.
Bill: Arnold Schwarzenegger is on television tonight in a sword and sandal movie.

Bob: I would rather watch Rambo, the plot is so different.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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Standatory

This means the combination of;
1) Standard (comes as)
2) Mandatory (has to be done)

= has to be done as it comes?
(like every other struggle in life)
It's STANDATORY to expect these things!
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standatory

A cross between standard and mandatory.
Standard: an established norm or requirement
Mandatory: obligatory; compulsory
A performance car having a loud exhaust is standatory
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Standard Grandad

A person who likes their guitars (and everyone else's for that matter) tuned to standard E (Low to high E A D g b e). These people, who despite the name may be of any age, dislike the practice of tuning a guitar or bass to alternate tunings such as dropped D (D A D g b e) and show great disdain for those who do because...

Well, who knows.

These people could be the biggest Thin Lizzy fans in the world but wouldn't tune down just a half-step to E flat to play one of their songs correctly. They will often moan on about how it's not necessary to tune a guitar out of E but, when prompted for a reason why, they will just mutter, trail off and then be quiet again.
Standard Grandad: Oh, I see you're a Led Zeppelin fan, so am I! Favourite band since I saw em in '72, got all the LPs! how's about we jam on Moby Dick?

Drummer: Sure thing. But, uh, you'll have to tune your guitar to drop D, that's how Jimmy Page played it.

Standard Grandad: ...Forget it, I can't stand Led Zeppelin, bloody fiddling about with tunings *throws guitar in trash*
by LiftFart November 15, 2011
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Standard Swag

Joe: 'That guy looks fresh again'
Tom: 'he has standard swag'
by Soph.White December 19, 2011
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Standard Contract

Person 1: Can you let me off the bill, please?

Person 2: Sure, but standard contract will apply.
by geoshelley November 26, 2013
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Standard

When someone is good looking, but not EXTREMELY attractive.
"Did Jonny break up with his girlfriend?"

"Yeah, he said she wasn't pretty enough for him."

" Are you kidding me? She's gorgeous, he's just standard."
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