Sharp rays of bright sunshine that pierce the canopy of a wood or forest. The word possibly owes part of its origin to shiv slang for a knife which in turn is derived from the Romany word chiv meaning a blade
Steven Spielberg's non-union Mexican equivalent. He is generally used for low-budget flicks that simply cannot afford the real Steven Spielberg's paycheck. He is best know for "A Burns For All Seasons", a biopic of millionaire industrialist, C. Montgomery Burns.
Since Steven Spielberg was unavailable to direct the porno, the producers hired El Spielbergo instead.
In the television series Rome, Caesar tells Marc Antony that Posca wants to accept the truce with Pompey. "In return for what?" Antony asks. "Peace is its own reward," Posca says, to which Antony replies "Snivelry! The ram has touched the wall. No mercy."
A man with long, greasy hair, green teeth, baggy pinstripe trousers with braces and white plimmies. He sneaks around on farmland waiting for a cow to drop a pat. Slavering with excitement he drops his pants and swivels his bare arse on the still-warm bovine pancake whilst making high-pitched mooing sounds.
Its amazing how many methanical pancake swivellers you see on a sunny day.
Precedes or follows either a gratuitously disrespectful or honest remark, originated in New York City. Used in similar fashion to "no offense" or "to be honest," interchangeably.
Ya mans is wild buns, respectfully. Respectfully he's washed.
After school, The Modells on Jamaica Ave was active. Respectfully.
Adjective. Used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons. Crunchy persons tend to be politically strongly left-leaning and may be additionally but not exclusively categorized as vegetarians, vegans, eco-tarians, conservationists, environmentalists, neo-hippies, tree huggers, nature enthusiasts, etc.
Also used to describe establishments where alternative foods and products are sold, i.e. natural food stores.
In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.
The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.
DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.
In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.
Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.
A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.
"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."