The cleverest witch at Hogwarts. While she can sometimes be a know-it-all, she has a large heart and is intensely loyal to her friends. Wife to Ron, Mother to Rose and Hugo, Admired by all.
Granger-a small "city" in Northern Indiana that primarily rich folks live in. A grangerite is one of those people. They live in big houses and live in high-income neighborhoods. They are usually assumed to be rich even if they aren't.
1: How'd he get that $400 iPod already??
2: Dude, he's a Grangerite.
1: Oh...
The strong, feminist lead in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. Although sometimes seen as bookish, nagging or standoffish, she is also startlingly intelligent, instinctively brave and loyal and also the focus of much of the humour in Rowling’s later installments. The young Miss Granger does suffer for her intelligence, being labelled an “insufferable know-it-all” by her own teacher (evil Snape *hiss*)...
all credit to Wendy Boswell's ''Why We Like Hermione Granger: An Essay''
(Romilda Vane and Harry are staring at each other across the library)
Hermione Granger: (snaps her fingers) Hey! She's only interested in you because she thinks you're the Chosen One.
Harry Potter: But I am the Chosen One.
(Hermione smacks him on the head with the newspaper)
Harry Potter: Sorry... kidding!
Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.
Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.
In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.
The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.
Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.
A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."