a long-standing good friend, one whom the speaker has shared many good times with; a buddy, a pal, a chum; what you say when an old buddy of yours walks into the room
A person that uses the internet as a stage for imagined warfare or pretending they know something about actual warfare. Players of Real Time Strategy Games can be included as also First Person Shooter players. Other people who subscribe to this definition are those who like to discuss how the wars could have been won by the Hitler, Napoleon or Montgomery (In Operation Market Garden)in forums and chatrooms
Bill many a time had said in the chatroom how the allies could have succeeded in Arnhem he is such a Fontline Combatant
A military captive of the United States with no freedoms, rights or privileges. The nomenclature derived from a series of controversial acts passed by the Bush Administration (in particularly the Patriot Act), under which such "enemy combatants" are neither accused criminals with Constitutional Rights, nor War Prisoners subject to Geneva Conventions.
No, he does not have a right to a lawyer or a speedy trial. He does not have the right not be tortured either. He's an Enemy Combatant, not a POW or accused criminal.
The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.