AKACroatalin's definitions

Decadence

A process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay.

Decadence is the precursor to extinction.

by AKACroatalin April 13, 2015

Civilisation

The social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organisation; a society in an advanced state of social development ; the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste.

Refined dining is said by some to be the epitome of civilisation and then there's McDonalds.

by AKACroatalin April 13, 2015

Barbarism

The condition of having no civilizing influences or refined culture; ignorance or crudity; savage violence or cruelty.

With their gun culture, Americans never really outgrew barbarism.

by AKACroatalin April 13, 2015

Yaffle

English slang from the Westcountry where it means to eat noisily, greedily and rapidly without paying any attention to table manners, the quality of the food or the effect on other diners. The process is usually interspersed with grunts, belches and slobbering and would put a starving hyena to shame.

"Did you see Malcolm yaffle those cream cakes? I thought I'd puke!"

by AKACroatalin April 13, 2015

Uzzard

An old English name for the letter Z (zed), it can also be used as a synonym for last.

If you have any five-year-old children get them to tell their teacher that the last letter of the alphabet is uzzard.

by AKACroatalin April 13, 2015

Table Manners

The conventions that constitute polite behaviour when consuming food.

That fat bastard Malcolm eats like a pig, he's got no table manners.

by AKACroatalin April 13, 2015

AWTF

English acronym standing for Away With The Fairies. Despite the inclusion of the word Fairies there is no implication of homosexuality in the expression. It is merely used to describe someone who is in a world of their own either because they are daydreaming or are thinking intensely and thus are oblivious to what is going on around them. The expression goes back to an old superstition, prevalent throughout Europe that fairies, wee folk, call them what you will, could steal a person's soul, leaving behind a husk that stared at nothing until it faded away and died.

Superstition aside, it came to be applied to people who became so engrossed in their own thoughts that they ignored what was going on around them. For a while it was used as a politically incorrect medical acronym written in a patient's notes to describe someone suffering from dementia or in a highly confused state of mind for some other reason. Fortunately it has fallen into disuse medically owing to its meaning becoming known to a wider audience. Its major use now is in the workplace where it describes someone who spends time staring into space rather than doing something useful.

"Malcolm must be thinking really hard, he's been staring at the wall for over an hour."
"Nah! Malcolm doesn't think, he's just AWTF."

by AKACroatalin April 14, 2015