Dangling Participle
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Dangling participle
A dangling participle is a wallet chain, cell phone headset cord, beeper leash, purse strap or other long slender device used to secure an object to a person.
A dangling participle is the "straps" that have the tendency to always get caught on another object when you least expect it to, often resulting in a humurous but humiliating yank in the opposite direction of travel (i.e.: getting out of a car, getting up from a desk, etc.).
Dangling participle by S.J. Friedman October 11, 2005
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Dangling Farticiple
The abrupt and awkward pause in conversation when one person realizes the other has silently farted.
So Stephen, as you know corporate has asked that we begin using cover sheets on our fax reports…so, uh…um….cover sheets on theeee uhhhhh….hmmmm...
Dude, did you fart?
Dammit....dangling farticiple.
Dude, did you fart?
Dammit....dangling farticiple.
Dangling Farticiple by TacomaBeags May 4, 2011
dangling participial phrase
an uncompleted phrase leaving one wondering what is supposed to be said next.. "the bear happened upon, eating a log"
dangling participial phrase by sonorareyes April 6, 2009
fogey
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)