Random
Source Code
Random
1) Not great, but definitely better than average.
2) To force another to pay money for his/her wrongdoing.
1) She'd had better chicken fingers, but told you that his were fine.
2) Randy was fined for his erratic performance with the company.
4π 22π
The first man ever to challenge baseball's reserve clause.
Flood was one of the 1960s' finest center fielders.
4π 10π
Agree. Don't be fooled by its simplicity; if used too often it sounds lame and makes the (over)user appear as if he/she is trying rather hard to sound like an intellectual.
Marty: That movie was bad. I mean it was 'hold-your-nose' bad.
Corey: I concur.
47π 25π
Rude, usually with an air of sophistication.
Dino asked Ernie for aid with the difficult homework assignment, but Ernie replied with a snotty comment about Dino's Italian heritage.
325π 121π
That giant cloud of dust between Texas and Kansas.
Charles: I think we're lost. Are we in some kind of desert?
Peter: Worse. We're in Oklahoma.
149π 219π
Originally a short, loudmouthed Polish man (first name unknown). Buttinski was famous for giving advice. As a matter of fact, it was rumored (rumoured?) that he was soon to be the royal family's advisor. However, Buttinski's advice soon went too far. In his first week on the job, he convinced Poland to join a war involving three other European countries. After Poland loss innumerable soldies in said war, Buttinski told the royals that they made a major mistake by joining the war. The queen blew up, demanding that Buttinski be punished. After all, it was Buttinski who recommended joining the war. The king, who was something of a whipping boy, listened to his queen, and ordered Buttinski executed.
After news of Buttinski's execution had spread throughout all of Europe, the nickname "Buttinski" was used to imply that somebody's constant butting in could lead to their downfall. In those days, it was used as a warning.
However, as the 17th century began, Buttinski became more of a sarcastic label. When somebody would enter conversations without permission, they began to get called "Buttinskis" (Buttinskies?). It was used basically to show the meddling person that they were uninvited to a certain conversation.
The meaning is virtually the same nowadays, but friendlier. It still shows the person that they butt in to conversations too often, but it doesn't mean that the person should leave.
Get out of here, Buttinski. You weren't invited into this talk.
85π 33π
To brag. Gloating usually involves bringing up someone else's failures, not just the gloater's successes.
He was gloating about his third-place finish compared to my twenty-seventh.
160π 41π