1)Prepared to obey others unquestioningly.
2)Less important, subordinate.
3)Serving as a means to an end.
1)"Slaves are subservient to their owners."
2)His career was expected to be subservient to hers."
3)"The whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues in twelve knights"
A retarded chicken that is misleadingly made out to be a "live broadcast" when it is actually pre-recorded. It can pick out words in the middle of junk, like "fjkdlfakjljfkjumpfjkdlfjad" (look in the middle, you'll see "jump"), yet cannot understand "L I G H T S - O F F" (it will understand "lights off"). The only reason I don't diss this completely is because Nikita likes it, and cuz I'm crazy about her... oops, I shouldn't be saying that where she can see it. Oh well.
A regressive political ideology where members serve as willing instruments of the state to restrict or abolish specific personal liberties in order to accomplish a set of goals, which are often endorsed as altruistic to humanity but are inversely detrimental in practice.
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.