The 22-year-old poet who spoke with poise and eloquence at the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, reading her poem "The Hill We Climb". Ms. Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in United States history, earned wide praise and admiration for her contribution to an event regarded, by several measures, as historically significant.
Amanda Gorman joins a small group of poets who have graced a presidential inauguration with their words, among them Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Miller Williams, Elizabeth Alexander and Richard Blanco.
From "The Hill We Climb", she read:
"And yet the dawn is ours before we knew it.
Somehow, we do it.
Somehow, we’ve weathered and witnessed
A nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished."
A pedestrian walking on a bike parth or on a bush track used by mountain bikers who are dozy, have a vacant expression, they are oblivious to their surroundings, with their mouths agape, they lack situational awareness.
when alerted to the presence of bike riders they always act like startled rabbits and step in front of the rider
I rung my bell but the gormless walker stepped right in front of my bike, she was a candidate for a darwin award.
gormless means Lacking intelligence and vitality and dull a slapper is someone who puts it out more than they ought. A gormless slapper is dumb and will root anyone
Typically a vampire-woman who teaches World Geography, or the like. A gornall is usually found in dark, small spaces, and when it is taken out of the comfortable space, it reacts violently.
Have you seen that gornall? She scares the bajeebers out of me!
Did you see that gornall melt after school today? I heard a kid opened the blinds!
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.