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Fatscreen
When the 4:3 aspect ratio for television is stretched to fit a widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio television making objects and people appear fatter than they actually are.
Dave: I don't like stretching the 4:3 analog image to Fatscreen but at least it gets rid of those annoying black lines along the sides.
Fatscreen by Bar Gain Live March 28, 2009
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Flatscreened
Flatscreened or Flat-Screened. Used in a devastated tone or manner. Usually when one reaches to grab something they dropped or need. And in the process, slams their head into a flatscreen tv by themselves not noticing or someone else voluntarily catching you off guard which in that sense classifies as Flatslapped, Screenflatted, or Screenslapped
My brother just got flatscreened hard. Goofy fucker didn’t notice the 55 inch television right in front him!
Flatscreened by derogatory remarks January 3, 2022
fullscreened
fullscreened by j0ker21 June 14, 2007
Mexican flatscreen
The method of taking an oversized flatscreen T.V, and cutting a large sized hole in your wall(big enough to fit the T.V) and putting the T.V in the wall. Giving the apperance of a large flatscreen T.V.
Person 1: Dude do you remember that oversized flatscreen T.V in my garage.
Person 2: Ya.
Person 1: Just turned it into a Mexican flatscreen yesterday.
Person 2: ?
Person 2: Ya.
Person 1: Just turned it into a Mexican flatscreen yesterday.
Person 2: ?
Mexican flatscreen by steve gates2013 October 27, 2011
as useful as a fly screen on a submarine
This saying was conceived by Bob and his buddy Mel while on a cycle ride to Portsmouth Dock Yard via Gosport in the Summer of 1963. They passed by a naval shipyard and noticed a beached and apparently discarded mini (aka: one-person) submarine in the assembly yard. The yard gate was open, so the guys checked out the sub and noticed that it had an open hatch upon which had been placed a fly screen (of the household variety), beggaring the question: "what is as useful as a fly screen on a submarine"??? Ironically, someone had punched a hole through the screen through which a horde of wasps had flown in through the hatch and nested. The thought came to mind of how annoying it would be - after closing up the submarine - to have the wasps buzzing around inside the sub...
Following immigration to Canada in 1975, one of the guys adjusted the saying to: "as useful as a screen door on a submarine" to accommodate Vancouver Island / BC / Canada / North America vernacular (which didn't recognize the term "fly screen").
Following immigration to Canada in 1975, one of the guys adjusted the saying to: "as useful as a screen door on a submarine" to accommodate Vancouver Island / BC / Canada / North America vernacular (which didn't recognize the term "fly screen").
the act of a Central Bank 'printing' fiat money, ie: quantitative easing, in an attempt to curb inflation is "as useful as a fly screen on a submarine"
as useful as a fly screen on a submarine by Myrddin Wyllt October 26, 2022
Fullscreenophobia
When someone has a phobia of being blown up into full screen on skype or other video chatting system.
Fullscreenophobia by Tremorhazen August 7, 2010
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