When she introduced me, she mentioned the four inventions I'm most proud of, and how hard I worked for years figuring out what was needed and how it could be created. I felt thoroughly gotten.
A term used to describe an object that has seemingly disappeared, a reference to the DeLorean's ability to travel through time once it reached 88mph in the Back the the Future Trilogy.
Andrea: Aww, look at that bird. It's so cut--wait, where'd it go?
Collin: It must have gotten up to 88.
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12 lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.