(n.) A catastrophic social event where a person mistakes a corporate hierarchy chart for a dating roster.
A man who treats every "Performance Review" as a performance of a different kind. A Fielding's Foible is characterized by a complete lack of shame, a lingering smell of cheap cologne, and a rather concerning drip-feed of evidence for the HR department.
If 'name' asks the boss for a raise one more time while winking, he's committing a major Fielding’s Foible. I'm pretty sure the CEO has filed a restraining order.
1.One who will continuously publicize others who posses foibles.
2.Such actions are constant.
3.Such thoughts eventually become subconscious to the point where reasonable thinking is unattainable
“Look at that guy, he walks like a duck, and I’ve neverseen him brush his teeth.. Oh g-d, I’m such a foibler.”
A term often used by evil villains in cartoons when the super hero would ruin a plan of theirs by destroying a certain machine or revealing to the public the evil master minds' idea.
(Super Fred just blew up Evil Dr. Tims' death ray before Evil Dr. Tim could destroy Peace Town) Evil Dr. Tim screams "Curses, foiled again!"
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.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murdererused a serrated blade.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing pee calculus.