Vatu's definitions

Glockdown

At around day 20 of the lockdown, when the pistols come out.

It was a total glockdown of the city.

by Vatu April 28, 2020

Chairman

The guy who sits on a chair while others work for him.

I didn't have to contribute much since I was the chairman.

by Vatu December 21, 2019

transiteria

A restaurant to grab something while in transit. Cf. trattoria, pizzeria, bistro

We don't have time to sit down, let's just grab a sandwich from that small transiteria at the airport.

by Vatu September 18, 2019

relax the issue

A non-confrontational device to make your final contribution to a strand of argument. The counterpart of "raising an issue".

"After having raised the point of budget revisions, Jim wanted to get on with other business so he relaxed the issue by alluding to maintaining the integrity of the project cycle."
"Well, it seems we are not going to see eye-to-eye on this so I want to relax the issue by saying just look at article number five."

by Vatu November 28, 2019

Go fuck yourself before you knock yourself

Stand down or you will be slapped.

Yo bro go fuck yourself before you knock yourself

by Vatu April 1, 2021