The guy who saved Katniss' family, who is Katniss' bestfriend, who was with Katniss through the end, who watched her go through hell on TV, who watched her love someone else, who risked his life to save the person she loved and got nothing in return.
According to experiments (first conducted in the Hawthorn plant of Western Electric in Illinois, people who are told that they are highly capable and are doing well will then do even better work than worse. The adage "Honey catches more flies than vinegar" suggests that changes resulting from praise or dispraise may not be lasting.
At my workplace, nobody employs the Hawthorne Effect ....so it should be no big secret that it sucks to work there.
Someone who gets extremely mad when called a ginger. Is 100% Irish but pretends they’re not. Has the most beautiful jumpshot of all time.
Man, that guy has a really good jumpshot! Yeah! He looks like a Hartshorn
Did you seriously just get mad at me when I called you a Ginger? You are such a Hartshorn!
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.