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Septic oonch fancier with acute princess syndrome who purports to be a comedienne and chat show hostess. Unknown outside of the United States, her interviewing technique appears to centre on asking her guest personal questions, accusing them of lying and ridiculing their answers. Americans appear to find that entertaining, on social media it’s known as trolling, not funny, not pleasant. Her attempts to break into British television have resulted in annoyance and advert irritation to their viewing public. This is not too surprising as a previous attempt to move into the UK market was decidedly unsuccessful but it appears that she can’t take the hint.
by AKACroatalin October 5, 2016
Get the Ellen Degeneres mug.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.
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."
"Nah! Malcolm doesn't think, he's just AWTF."
by AKACroatalin April 14, 2015
Get the AWTF mug.British slang for obtaining goods and services without having to pay for them. The word can be used in two rather different ways:
1 If it is for personal advantage then the word has certain negative implications, that the person doing the
scrounging is not wholly trustworthy;
2 If it is to further a project at work or to obtain goods, materials or money for a charity then there can be a certain
amount of admiration.
1 If it is for personal advantage then the word has certain negative implications, that the person doing the
scrounging is not wholly trustworthy;
2 If it is to further a project at work or to obtain goods, materials or money for a charity then there can be a certain
amount of admiration.
1 “I see Jan’s mumping drinks again.”
“What a scrounging old fart she is.”
2 “How did you get the job finished so quickly?
“Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some brand new 2 x 1 someone had dumped in a skip.”
“What a scrounging old fart she is.”
2 “How did you get the job finished so quickly?
“Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some brand new 2 x 1 someone had dumped in a skip.”
by AKACroatalin March 15, 2019
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