A legislature which is alleged to represent the people who vote them in, but really represent corporate interests instead.
The Florida republicans in the state house are an allegedslature. They have this appearance that theyrepresent us, and will write laws to protect our medical freedoms and election integrity, but they are bought and paid for by the hospitals, big pharma, and by god knows who else rigging these elections with dead voters on mail in ballots, and voting software that is online during election night.
According to a legendary retelling (of doubtfulorigin). As alleged in a likely heavily embellished story.
During the battle of Iwo Jima, his grandfather allegendly charged twoenemy machine gun nests and single-handedly destroyed them using his flame-thrower.
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 peecalculus.