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polling day (n.) synonym of election day ponce (n.) (slang) someone with overly affected airs and graces; an effeminate posturing man; a pimp. Originates from Maltese slang. (related US: poncey) (v.) (slang) to act like a pimp; to cadge, to borrow with little or no intention of returning, often openly so ("Can I ponce a ciggie off you, mate?")
A 2007 survey of over 55,000 people found that chronotypes tend to follow a normal distribution, with extreme morning and evening types on the far ends. [6] There are studies that suggest genes determine whether a person is a lark or an evening person in the same way it is implicated in people's attitude toward authority, unconventional behavior, as well as reading and television viewing ...
A satirical cartoon by Isaac Cruikshank of Princess Charlotte and Prince Frederick being led to bed by a party including her parents, King George III and Queen Charlotte. The bedding ceremony refers to the wedding custom of putting the newlywed couple together in the marital bed in front of numerous witnesses, usually family, friends, and neighbors, thereby completing the marriage.
Editor's note: This story is for those who can still hear the Christmas sleigh bells. We're a few days from one of the greatest days of the year. Christmas Eve night, we go to bed with visions of ...
Moore is largely credited with creating the modern-day image of both Santa Claus as well as the domesticity associated with being home for the holidays, especially on Christmas Eve.
Also means 'to fail' or 'to go bankrupt'. Go for a Burton: To die/break irreparably Informal British, from WWII. Go to Davy Jones's locker [2] To drown or otherwise die at sea: Euphemistic: Peregrine Pickle describes Davy Jones as 'the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep'. Go to the big [place] in the sky To die and go to ...
Christmas Party (The Monkees album) or the title track, 2018; Christmas Party (RuPaul album) or the title song, 2018; Christmas Party (She & Him album), 2016; Christmas Party, an album by the Kelly Family, 2022 "Christmas Party", a song by Eraserheads from Fruitcake, 1996 "Christmas Party", a song by Megan Trainor from A Very Trainor Christmas ...
Christmas Day (inclusive of its vigil, Christmas Eve), is a Festival in the Lutheran Church, a Solemnity in the Roman Catholic Church, and a Principal Feast of the Anglican Communion. Other Christian denominations do not rank their feast days but place importance on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day, as with other Christian feasts like Easter ...