A term used to identify or describe a person who has gone beyond the impossible to save your ass, or the ass of others, generally non-deserving folk(s) or at a minimum the situation was so bad that a complete hat trick was never in the cards. Named specifically for Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully and without any outward signs of stress landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in January 2009, saving the lives all crew and passengers aboard. Not just anyone can be a Sully, however: designating or describing someone as a "Sully" requires that they not just perform (for all practical purposes) a sincere "no problem, thats my job," or "its ok, that's what I'm trained for" just another day at the office type of miracle, but thereafter must maintain the fundamental poise and character of the real Sully, a man who not only shunned the spotlight but submitted a request to his local library that they consider waiving the late fees on the book he was carrying on that US Airways flight, (which of course ended up at the bottom of the Hudson) -- on the subject of (no surprise) professional ethics.
There is no way we can tell our investors that this whole fund has been one giant fraud, any chance we can find a Sully?
OMG, it was such a clusterfuck there was no way I could fix it before the client showed up ~ if Bob hadn't been my Sully I don't know what would've happened.
OMG, it was such a clusterfuck there was no way I could fix it before the client showed up ~ if Bob hadn't been my Sully I don't know what would've happened.
by cowgirl007 February 17, 2009
Noun: a friend who is usually only called upon by a friend when a more primary/prominent friend is unavailable.
Taken from the term βsecond stringβ in an athletic competition situation. In football, if the star quarterback gets injured during a play, the second string is called off the bench to replace him/her. A βSecond String Friendβ is essentially benched until needed, if ever.
Synonyms: Plan B, Second Choice, Secondary Friend, Benched Until Needed
Taken from the term βsecond stringβ in an athletic competition situation. In football, if the star quarterback gets injured during a play, the second string is called off the bench to replace him/her. A βSecond String Friendβ is essentially benched until needed, if ever.
Synonyms: Plan B, Second Choice, Secondary Friend, Benched Until Needed
I got a call from X the other night. She had an extra ticket to a concert she bought for a friend, but they couldnβt make it so she called me to ask if I wanted to go because I am her Second String Friend.
by Deus-ex-machina August 26, 2020
Sully, noun/adj, derives from the old English word "suilline"; of or pertaining to a hog or hog family. It has become a more modern term adding the sense of being unfunny and overly idiotic.
Typically, this word is used when someone attempts to make a joke but ends up sounding like a moron. In which a person would then call them sully by saying "Yeah Sully?"
by bing bong ching chong2 October 28, 2010
A charismatic,but cheeky person with the power to annoy and entertain people around the world.can be random and unpredictable at the best of times.
a ''sully'' is sitting in the corner.girl sits down with a lot of food.
sully:woah,take it easy on the munch there.
girl:are u calling me fat?
sully:are you calling me a liar?
sully:woah,take it easy on the munch there.
girl:are u calling me fat?
sully:are you calling me a liar?
by Jonathan Sheridan November 09, 2007
by RegoR January 08, 2005
by Matthew McCall Sullivan September 20, 2006
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