This is British English.
1. A "full stop" is the most common punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence and is also called a "period" in American English.
2. After a statement with a great degree of gravity, a brief pause followed by "full stop" is a pithy way of saying that the foregoing statement was without fine print or hedging of any kind, stating that it's undoubtedly true and universally applicable.
1. A "full stop" is the most common punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence and is also called a "period" in American English.
2. After a statement with a great degree of gravity, a brief pause followed by "full stop" is a pithy way of saying that the foregoing statement was without fine print or hedging of any kind, stating that it's undoubtedly true and universally applicable.
by durette February 12, 2017
by aw_shucks September 25, 2003
The British term for the punctuation mark most commonly found at the end of a sentence.
The moment when the vehicle you are driving is no longer in motion; an instant of equilibrium achieved between decelerating before a stop sign and accelerating seconds later; the second in which any ornaments or fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror are perpendicular to the ground.
The moment when the vehicle you are driving is no longer in motion; an instant of equilibrium achieved between decelerating before a stop sign and accelerating seconds later; the second in which any ornaments or fuzzy dice hanging from the rearview mirror are perpendicular to the ground.
*After being stuck upside-down on Six Flags' new Superman ride for an hour*
I am never going on a rollercoaster again, full stop.
I am never going on a rollercoaster again, full stop.
by Lady Chevalier July 4, 2005
by Not_a_brit March 21, 2005
by DeWayne Mann September 26, 2003
by purlycat September 27, 2003
Something that several facebookers insist on using at the end of every status
Bottom line - it's annoying!
Bottom line - it's annoying!
"bored."
"tired."
"goodnight facebookers."
"kthanksbye."
Pfft I would like your status, but you put a full stop at the end of it
"tired."
"goodnight facebookers."
"kthanksbye."
Pfft I would like your status, but you put a full stop at the end of it
by fvbvrcxnccfvv November 7, 2010