Country Dictionary

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lie-flat seat

An airline seat that offers a recline of at or near 180 degrees, but the angle of the seat is not parallel to the floor, rather a slant towards the floor. These seats are offered by many airlines' long-haul Business Class flights.

Singapore Airlines has defined the standards of a lie-flat seat.

by tripper December 07, 2004

burhan

The term is used in philosophy in various slightly different senses:

(1) mode of argumentation; (2) the argument itself; and

(3) the manifest evidence or proof of a convincing argument –in this last sense the term is also used in the Qur’an (4:174; 12:24).

Arabic: Ya ayyuha alnnasu qad jaakum burhanun min rabbikum waanzalna ilaykum nooran mubeenan

English: O people! surely there has come to you manifest proof from your Lord and We have sent to you clear light.

by tripper February 18, 2005

Trippin' Balls

The result of a large intake of shrooms or acid, often in conjunction with any number of other drugs (i.e. pot, heroin, coke)

Me: Dude this movie sucks.
Dan: I'm trippin' balls.
Me: What the hell is wrong with you.

by Tripper November 16, 2004

Rutherfraud

A nickname adopted for Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Governor of Ohio and the 19th President of the United States; who allegedly stole the 1876 US Presidential Election.

This was caused by the very tight margins that the polls have tabulated, where Rutherford Hayes (Republican) has only won by 1 electoral vote over the Democratic Candidate, Samuel J. Tilden (New York Governor). Whereas on the popular vote, Samuel Tilden had just won by over a 250,000 vote margin.

Rutherfraud, as the President of the United States has to decided run for only one term, as stated during his campaign

by Tripper February 15, 2005