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1. In Star Trek, the Vulcan matriarch who presided over Mr. Spock's wedding in the episode "Amok Time". Played by veteran Austro-Hungarian stage & screen actress Celia Lovsky, T'Pau was a unique figure and role model on American television at that time; an older woman in a position of mighty authority.
2. In the 1980s, an all-woman British pop music band led by Carol Decker. Members said they chose the name simply because they liked the way it sounded. They broke up in 1991 but reformed in 98 and are still active as of 2005.
2. In the 1980s, an all-woman British pop music band led by Carol Decker. Members said they chose the name simply because they liked the way it sounded. They broke up in 1991 but reformed in 98 and are still active as of 2005.
1. -- Get the popcorn! Star Trek's on and it's the one where Spock gets married and that kick-ass older chick's in charge!
-- Yeah man, T'Pau rules, you better not say no to her! Just like my grandmother!
2. Tonight on KSOL it's the All-80s Retro Hour, tonight featuring the best of T'Pau and an interview about how they recorded their classic Heart & Soul album.
-- Yeah man, T'Pau rules, you better not say no to her! Just like my grandmother!
2. Tonight on KSOL it's the All-80s Retro Hour, tonight featuring the best of T'Pau and an interview about how they recorded their classic Heart & Soul album.
by Jay Young September 15, 2005
Get the T'Pau mug.1. Going smoothly, doing all right. Copacetic.
2. Proceeding quickly.
This expression may have originated in Scotland, where it's the title of a popular children's song. A song called "Everything Is Tickety-Boo" was recorded by Danny Kaye as part of the film "Merry Andrew".
This expression is heard more often in Canada nowadays. May have originated in the British military. Possibly related to the Hindi expression "tickee babu", meaning "everything's alright, sir". Some people spell it "diggity boo" or "tiggity boo".
2. Proceeding quickly.
This expression may have originated in Scotland, where it's the title of a popular children's song. A song called "Everything Is Tickety-Boo" was recorded by Danny Kaye as part of the film "Merry Andrew".
This expression is heard more often in Canada nowadays. May have originated in the British military. Possibly related to the Hindi expression "tickee babu", meaning "everything's alright, sir". Some people spell it "diggity boo" or "tiggity boo".
Everything is tickety-boo, tickety-boo, tickety-boo...
by Jay Young December 24, 2005
Get the tickety-boo mug.1. A British party gag confection. Shaped like an actual bomb made out of dark chocolate, filled with smaller candies inside. It is made to be lit and set off like a firecracker.
2. A cocktail made from an ounce each of Kahlua and coconut rum mixed with chocolate milk in an old-fashioned glass.
2. A cocktail made from an ounce each of Kahlua and coconut rum mixed with chocolate milk in an old-fashioned glass.
1. Harold, if you're going to light that chocolate bomb at little Hilary's birthday party, I do hope that you will be good enough to take it outdoors.
2. Meanwhile, Hilary and her darling little friends had gotten into the liquor cabinet and were busily engaged in mixing chocolate bombs.
2. Meanwhile, Hilary and her darling little friends had gotten into the liquor cabinet and were busily engaged in mixing chocolate bombs.
by Jay Young September 27, 2005
Get the Chocolate bomb mug.n. Pertaining to people who are multiple; The mental position or state of mind in which a person occupies or runs the shared body, interacting with the world-at-large.
v. To be at front; running the body.
v. To be at front; running the body.
by Jay Young April 19, 2005
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Get the drip mug.The hero of a series of short stories, novellas and one novel by pulp fiction author Robert E. Howard (1906-1936). Conan is a wandering swordsman whose travels take him into improbable adventures with scheming wizards and lusty wenches. The stories take place on Earth, in pre-Atlantean times. These stories pretty much gave birth to the term sword and sorcery for a certain kind of fantasy tale. Learn more about Howard at rehoward.com.
"I was born in the Cimmerian hills where the people are all barbarians. I have been a mercenary soldier, a corsair, a kozak, and a hundred other things. What king has roamed the countries, fought the battles, loved the women, and won the plunder that I have?"
by Jay Young May 24, 2005
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