9 definitions by André Bretas

dnd

It stands for Do Not Disturb.

He had a dnd sign hung on the door

by André Bretas December 4, 2004

history in the making

Expression used when there is something big being produced and one believes it will be sucessful.

"hey, that's the tune I am talking about. You know, that's history in the making, man"

by André Bretas May 3, 2005

NLP

It stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. The study of the mind, broadly speaking.

He's delved into NLP since his grnama died from Alzheimer.

by André Bretas November 23, 2004

paper pusher

any bureaucratic worker, usually one who works at a public partition.

I hate those paper pushers working at the city hall.

by André Bretas May 5, 2005

air dirty laundry in public

deal with personal problems while other people are around.

Why don't you save it? I hate it when you just start airing dirty laundry in public.

by André Bretas May 5, 2005

X out

to delete sth written from a list, record, etc by ticking it, crossing it over, drawing a line through it, etc.

- Her name got X'ed out from the list.
- If you behave yourself, she'll probably X out your name from report.
- Guess what! You just got X'ed from the director's record.

by André Bretas September 30, 2006

hanky

short form for handkerchief.

She won't stop sneezing! Give her a hanky.

by André Bretas June 2, 2005