umarell

/uma'rɛl/ (oo-mah-rell), n; pl. Umarells. People in a community who offer all sorts of comments to those who are trying to get some work done, but who are not doing any work themselves.

Umarell is a word that entered Italian slang in Bologna and is spreading to nearby towns, occasionally even across Italy. It comes from the Bolognese for "cute/odd little man".

"Umarells" are those people, usually retired men, who spend time watching construction works, often holding their hands behind their back, occasionally commenting on what is going on, sometimes trying to tell the workers what to do.

"Everybody's telling me how I should organize the concert and nobody lifts a finger."
"Yup, they are all umarells"

umarell by nyan:3 January 24, 2015

umarell

From the Bolognese dialect of Italian, elderly men who spend their time staring at construction sites, commonly with their arms clasped behind their back.

Now that Baby Boomers are retiring, we've seen a huge boom of umarells lining the roadworks.

umarell by Bombius Sheeppius December 25, 2020

umarell

/uma'rɛl/ (oo-mah-rell), n; pl. Umarells.

From the Bolognese dialect of Italian, elderly men who spend their time staring at construction sites, commonly with their arms clasped behind their back.

Umarell is a word that entered Italian slang in Bologna and is spreading across Italy. It comes from the Bolognese term for "cute/odd little man".

Now that Baby Boomers are retiring, we've seen a huge boom of umarells lining the roadworks.

umarell by schuko October 31, 2025

Yellow Umbrella

The person who holds the yellow umbrella is the future love of your life (future husband/wife lover, girlfriend/boyfriend etc)

"So you think about getting serious with this girl?"
"Yeah man, I guess were the one holding my yellow umbrella"

Yellow Umbrella by Flashmash April 14, 2016

The Umbrella Academy 

The Umbrella Academy is a comic book series written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance and drawn by Gabriel Ba. It is published by Dark Horse Comics. The first part of the series is called The Apocalypse Suite and follows the lives of a scientist (who is really an alien) who adopts seven babies who were mysteriously born even though their mothers showed no signs of pregnancy. The series so far consists of six issues: The Day The Eiffel Tower Went Beserk, We Only See Each Other At Weddings And Funerals, Dr. Terminal's Answer; Baby, I'll Be Your Frankenstein; Thanks For The Coffee; Finale, Or Brothers And Sisters, I Am An Atomic Bomb. The second part of the series, while following the same characters as The Apocalypse Suite, is entitled Dallas, with the first issue coming out November 26, 2008. The second issue is due out December 24, 2008.

The Umbrella Academy has brought comic books back to popularity.

The Umbrella Academy by EllenThePunk October 31, 2008

umbrella fever 

the feeling you when you have bought a gift for someone and you REALLY want to give it to them, but the gift-giving occaison isn't for a while.

Symptoms of Umbrella Fever -

You're tempted to give the gift early.

You get too excited and therefore build up the gift to be something more exciting than it is.

- I bought this amazing DVD boxset for Mike's birthday, but it isn't until next week - I have ridiculous umbrella fever!

- don't give in to the fever!

umbrella fever by stacy mcgill May 14, 2011

umbrella term 

A word that groups other words into a single common category.

In terms of race in America "black" is an umbrella term for African-American, Jamaican, Igbo, etc. Even though these people are different, to the general public they fall under the umbrella term, "black".

umbrella term by Urban Suzie April 28, 2012