A fork of Rural Dictionary
A 12-hour shift on an oil or gas drilling rig, usually from 12:00-12:00 or 6:00-6:00.
I spent a month offshore working the midnight tour and now my skin is pale as hell.
vt. ("to go on tour"); to go clubbing or on a pub crawl with a collection of acquaintances, with the sole mission to get as bladdered as possible and generally behave in a leary and lecherous manner. See also on the sauce, on the razzle dazzle.
A keen pasttime of
Me: "So are you guys on tour, to the teef?"
Jamie: "Aye, heavy to the who! Bushtucker tour 2006!"
Often used as the following of bands, in particular jam bands such as Phish, Grateful Dead, String Cheese Incident
A night out with friends involving the excessive consumption of alcohol and cheating on your partner.
"Fucking hell I was twisted last night... fucked some tart, keep it quiet tho don't want <insert girlfriends name here> to find out"
"No worries bruv. What goes on, on tour stays on tour"
To think, and strongly believe that you know what you are talking about, when in reality you do not.
To get high level positions as a "journalist", through simply using loudmouth and irrelevant arguments.
To know nothing about politics, and yet cover it on a major news organization.
To copy Cornel West's style both in fashion and demeanor, even though Cornel West is an accredited and well respected individual, unlike Toure himself.
"Damn, man! You totally Toure'd that final presentation in Constitutional Law 101!"
"How dare you share that view on politics! Who do you think you are, Toure?!"
"Stop Toureing my style, chief."
"I only got this job cause I Toure'd my way up here."
"Having Toure cover politics on MSNBC is like having had Sarah Palin as Vice President of the United States."