A specific type of english horseback riding; At a horse show or competition an equitation class is based solely on the rider. Unlike hunter classes that are based on the horse, in and Eq. class the rider must have an incredable back and leg position and a good seat to win the class. An equitation rider's horse should frame and have the correct bend. In a equitation class where riders jump the signals the rider sends to her horse must be nearly invisible, in this class judges may have their riders jump without irons and pick up a counter canter.
Brianne Goutal, The winner of the 2005 Maclay Finals was a really good equitation rider.
An Editation is like editing in that it involves something being changed. However, when editing it does not imply editing a whole thing, whereas an Editation does.
Steve: I've just finished the seventh Editation of my novel! If my agent makes me do one more Editation...
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Agent: Sorry Steve, I still can't find anyone willing to publish this. Time for your eighth Editation...
An edit that comes to mindwhilst the mind has reached a point of relaxation, arising from prolonged and regular meditation.
"I was meditating and started thinking critically about the theory of relativity the other day, and I began a period of editating that theory, or a period of editation."
Like babestation but with a gay twist: a boy with huge hair talks all through the night, using inappropriate sex talk, trying to appeal to the female audience, but failing., He Likes bondage.Government and politics , getting told to tuck his shirt in.
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 pee calculus.
Short-hand for the word floccinaucinihilipilification, meaning the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).