To be unfairly struck, like a rock in the back of the head by someone or something that you respected, trusted, and were loyal to. The striker generally is doing it to protect their own turf or to avoid being found out for what they are.
The mortgage bank that was pushing extreme financing was suddenly fired with others that were protecting the institutions reputation by questioning the safety of the products. These people that were looking out for the bank were Gibraltared.
A British territory which is a peninsula on the southern tip of Europe, unfortunately attached to Spain.
Strategically connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and Northern Africa.
Gibraltar was captured by Arabs in 711 and passed to the Spanish in 1462.
Great Britain took control in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession, and although Spain has made repeated claims to regain the territory they will never succeed as the Gibraltarians (also known as llanitos) are 99% opposed to shared sovereignty of any kind and wish to remain British Forever!
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.
An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"
Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."