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fixer-downer
Real estate term referring to a house so dilapidated that even fixing it UP wouldn't make it attractive.
Amelia: "I'm sending you a listing of a fixer-upper. It needs a lot of work but the price is good and so is the location."
Bob (upon receiving the listing): "You've gotta be kidding me, Amelia. Looks more like a fixer-downer to me. Take another gander."
Bob (upon receiving the listing): "You've gotta be kidding me, Amelia. Looks more like a fixer-downer to me. Take another gander."
fixer-downer by stockman09 January 7, 2008
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FixxeR • Fixer Upper • fixer • fixter • fexxer • Finxerunt • fixerati • fixer-downer • Fixer Girl • fixerman
Fixer
A fixer is someone hired or on the payroll of an illegal organization. They can be anything from a hit man to a person that "can get things done", usually illegal. An example of "getting things done" can be intimidating or getting rid of witnesses to a crime, or murdering someone for whatever reason. Very similar to a button man.
Fixer Upper
Fixer Upper by DJ April 25, 2005
Tony The Fixer
Common name of Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court Justice. Tony fixed the 2000 US Presidential Election by stopping the vote recount in Florida and handing the presidency to George Walker Bush.
Tony has fixed other things, as well. Such as in 2004 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rejected a request that he remove himself from a case about Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force after their recent duck-hunting trip raised questions about his impartiality.
"Since I do not believe my impartiality can reasonably be questioned, I do not think it would be proper for me to recuse," he said in a 21-page opinion.
Tony has fixed other things, as well. Such as in 2004 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia rejected a request that he remove himself from a case about Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force after their recent duck-hunting trip raised questions about his impartiality.
"Since I do not believe my impartiality can reasonably be questioned, I do not think it would be proper for me to recuse," he said in a 21-page opinion.
Tony The Fixer by J Snow February 5, 2010
Fixer
1. A person who makes arrangements for people, especially illegally or deviously.
2. (Journalism) A local hired by a foreign journalist, often as a translator and guide, and often helps the journalist gain access to interviewees and stories.
3. A chemical used in film photography that keeps the picture from fading.
4. A person or thing that fixes; repairs.
5. A substance used to fasten or secure in place.
2. (Journalism) A local hired by a foreign journalist, often as a translator and guide, and often helps the journalist gain access to interviewees and stories.
3. A chemical used in film photography that keeps the picture from fading.
4. A person or thing that fixes; repairs.
5. A substance used to fasten or secure in place.
"Unfortunately the journalist's fixer in Afghanistan was killed by the Taliban before we could reach him."
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Boffin
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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