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Failure to launch: A term referring to a young adult who has not yet met the societal standards of their culture for being a typical adult, such as going to university, moving to their own residence or getting a job. Fogey: An old man who has old-fashioned or conservative interests and tastes. Fuddy-duddy: [19] A silly or foolish old man.
any educational institution; in school: state of being a pupil in any school normally serving minor children of any age, or in a college or university at any level; at school: usually, physically present on campus. (UK: at school for both) scrappy not neatly organised or poor. a scrappy player is one who sometimes plays well, but often plays badly.
Also called a stay-back or stoppy-back in Northern England. (US: may refer to a large and highly chaperoned "sleep over" at a church, school, etc.) lodger * tenant renting a room rather than an entire property; typically lives with the renter and his/her family lollipop man / woman / lady a school crossing guard who uses a circular stop sign ...
a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive weapon (v.) to be a failure ("the show bombed"); also as n. (n., used with the) something outstanding ("that show was the bomb"); sometimes spelled da bomb: bombardier
The phrase "tired and emotional" is a chiefly British euphemism for alcohol intoxication. It was popularised by the British satirical magazine Private Eye in 1967 after being used in a spoof diplomatic memo to describe the state of Labour cabinet minister George Brown , [ 1 ] but is now used as a stock phrase .
Drunk, a 2017 album by Thundercat "Drunk" (Jimmy Liggins song), 1953 "Drunk" (Ed Sheeran song), 2012 "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" a song by Elle King and Miranda Lambert, 2021; Drunk, an album by Vic Chesnutt, 1993 "Drunk", a song by Kylie Minogue from Impossible Princess, 1997 "Drunk", a song by Viola Beach from Viola Beach, 2016
When fictional television anchor Howard Beale leaned out of the window, chanting, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" in the 1976 movie 'Network,' he struck a chord with ...
Laws on drunkenness vary. In the United States, it is a criminal offense for a person to be drunk while driving a motorized vehicle, except in Wisconsin, where it is only a fine for the first offense. [38] It is also a criminal offense to fly an aircraft or (in some American states) to assemble or operate an amusement park ride while drunk. [39]