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The final curtain at a dramatic performance Dead as a dodo [2] Dead Informal The 'dodo', flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail [1] Obviously dead Informal Charles Dickens used this phrase at the beginning of A Christmas Carol. Death by misadventure: Avoidable death Formal/legal
Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event Another term for playoffs , describing a sequence of contests taking place after a regular season or round-robin tournament, culminating in a final by the first definition.
If the final round is contested in a "best-of" format (like "best-of-7"), the term is sometimes called "finals," to denote that there is more than one game (like "the NBA Finals"). The NHL has referred to the " Stanley Cup Final" in the singular since the 2005–06 season, although media outlets typically use the term "Stanley Cup finals" (with ...
The final boss in a game. FotM Acronym for "Flavor of the Month", referring to a new meta that emerges after an update making certain classes or builds more desirable, that will only last a short amount of time. The phrase originated in the World of Warcraft community, but is also used in MOBA's. [65] FOV See field of view. FPS 1.
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
The full stop symbol derives from the Greek punctuation introduced by Aristophanes of Byzantium in the 3rd century BCE in Alexandria. [citation needed] In his system, there was a series of dots whose placement determined their meaning.
A final chapter provides Rites for Exceptional Circumstances, namely, the Continuous Rite of Penance, Anointing, and Viaticum, Rite for Emergencies, and Christian Initiation for the Dying. The last of these concerns the administration of the sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation to those who have not received them. [citation needed]
The original meaning of "final girl", as described by Clover in 1987, is quite narrow. Clover studied slasher films from the 1970s and 1980s (which is considered the golden age of the genre) [7] and defined the final girl as a woman who is the sole survivor of the group of people (usually youths) who are chased by a villain and who gets a final confrontation with the villain (whether she kills ...