Jun 24, 2022 · Faded means either high or drunk. Essentially under the influence of something that has led to a duller/less sharp version of someone's senses. Hence the word Faded

Mar 19, 2013 · In procedural programming, a function is ‘just’ called—it's not called in relation to anything in particular and thus has no ‘location’, so to speak. In object-oriented programming, you first pull up a specific object, something as ‘tangible’ as you can get in computer code, and then you execute the function based on that object.

Also, I’d like to know if the definition of “faded eyes” varies depending on the context. The wandmaker took the first of the wands and held it close to his faded eyes, rolling it between his knobble-knuckled fingers, flexing it slightly. (Harry Potter …

Feb 29, 2016 · The ring is trying to get to its master. He makes Bilbo feel discontent, stressed and restless. Moments before departure he's saying what he is missing out on by leaving. People he knows he should get to know better, some of them probably even like more than he does.

Oct 12, 2018 · There are the terms "white knight" and "knight in shining armour". white knight. n. 1. One that comes to the rescue; a savior.

Jan 2, 2016 · To get lit: to be lit must mean to be high. To be fair, that is certainly the most used definition of the word; in fact, the most popular Urban Dictionary definition of "lit" is, "The state of being so intoxicated (regardless of the intoxicating agent) that all the person can do is smile, so that they look lit up like a light."

1.) "Nobody move and nobody gets hurt." 2.) "Nobody move and nobody get hurt." Both of your examples are sentences that, although each one has the appearance of an "and" coordination of two main clauses, each sentence is actually interpreted as …

Sep 24, 2019 · For the same reason they can only enter into the simple catenative construction, not the complex one. The ordinary verb want can enter into either: They want to get a new car (simple) or They want me to get a new car (complex). There is naturally no compounded counterpart of the latter example because want and to are not adjacent.

This must have faded from usage. I'm a lifelong American, no have never heard it. But the general rule of calling someone a food-item as a toothless and playful insult ("you nut!") makes it plausible. When was that ODO article written? And where? Maybes it's not a 1950s thing but a Wisconsin thing, for example. –

Oct 16, 2013 · As she turned to leave, the smile faded from the florist's face. If the smile was put on or phony, you could say. As she turned to leave, the florist immediately dropped his smile. If you're trying to emphasize the new, inscrutable expression, one option is poker face, "an expression on your face that does not show your thoughts or feelings".