vaticando

adj. A type of fervent religious positivity.

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The pope thinks we can beat covid ... and cancelled Easter services. I admire his vaticando attitude.

by gnostic3 March 18, 2021

Vatican Cameos

'Vatican Cameos' is a phrase used in BBC's Sherlock when Sherlock is about to open Irene Adler's safe. The phrase first originated in World War 2. It was used when a non-military person, who was armed (gun or knife) entered a British military base. The phrase was a signal for everyone duck out of the line of fire. Sherlock knew that John, being a military man, would recognise this phrase and duck out of the way of the gun in the safe. It is not a code phrase which Sherlock and John coordinated as a safe word. Very clever, don't you think?

*Person walks into room with gun*
"Vatican Cameos"
*everyone ducks*

by Carve really hi May 18, 2013

Il Vaticano

Il Vaticano is a special chess move, which allows bishops two squares apart to take what's in between them. It's denoted B-O-O-B in standard chess notation.

"what the fuck"
"google Il Vaticano"
"Holy See"

by romner December 28, 2022

The Vatican

A variation of the Eiffel Tower in which the person in the middle is a young boy, and the two people on the outside are preferably, but not necessarily, priests.

Those two sex offenders teamed up and gave that boy the Vatican.

by BenedictXVI June 13, 2010

flown the Vatican

Australian version of "jumped the shark" - TV show FAIL.

Instead of referring to the waning days of American sit-com Happy Days and the episode where Fonzie jumped a shark, only to see the show sink further and further into irrelevance and low ratings, it refers to the opening episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC's) 2009 return of comedy show "The Chaser," where the "edgy" comedians go to the Vatican City to abuse nuns and fly a blimp with foul anti-Catholic slogans past the Pope in the Vatican.

Marked the beginning of the end for the ABC's "The Chaser."

"Jeez, I used to think they were so edgy and funny, but now they've just flown the Vatican."

"'Crikey' used to be really cool until they took on the chk-chk-boom girl... but they really flew the Vatican on that one."

"Yeah, right... from Mo-Toons to toilet-bowl-Jesus. They've flown the Vatican."

by barking_gecko May 28, 2009

vatican city

The smallest country in the world. It is where the pope lives. It is within the city of Rome.

I want to go to Vatican City.

by dictator October 19, 2003

Vatican bones

A metaphor for secrets.

His lifelong predatory behavior, like the Vatican bones recently discovered in an ossuary, was entirely unknown until recently.

by Dr Bunnygirl July 21, 2019