Stood Up
As in "To get stood up" or "To be stood up"To have gone on a date, except to find that you've been left by yourself because your date never showed up.stood up
When someone you have previously made plans with does not show-up, leaving you utterly alone; often on a date.
stood up
Example:
Jon called me and told me to meet him at the library. I went there and waited only to find I was stood up by the ass!
Jon called me and told me to meet him at the library. I went there and waited only to find I was stood up by the ass!
Stood up
When someone makes plans and then cancles on the day of those plans or just doesn't show up to the pre planned meet
Example:
My friend Alex was stood up tonight, the girl of his dreams cancelled plans just before they where due to meet.
When one has found themselves left waiting for an over extended period of time waiting for someone to never show up.
My friend Alex was stood up tonight, the girl of his dreams cancelled plans just before they where due to meet.
When one has found themselves left waiting for an over extended period of time waiting for someone to never show up.
pre-stood up
When your friends forget to tell you about an event or party and then ask you why you didn't show up. You're stood up before you even get a chance to stand them up.
Example:
John C: Where were you on Monday?
Jen: What are you talking about?
John C: I thought you were going to come hang out with us.
Jen: You bastard you totally pre-stood up me.
John C: Where were you on Monday?
Jen: What are you talking about?
John C: I thought you were going to come hang out with us.
Jen: You bastard you totally pre-stood up me.
Stood up by Boris
When delays on public transport in London cause you to be late for work.
Boris Johnson is the Mayor of London and responsible for public transport in the city, so when there are delays, it's obviously his fault!
Boris Johnson is the Mayor of London and responsible for public transport in the city, so when there are delays, it's obviously his fault!
Example:
Andy: "It's 9:40! You were supposed to be here at 9:00"
Dan: "I made it to the tube station on time, but I got stood up by Boris!"
Andy: "It's 9:40! You were supposed to be here at 9:00"
Dan: "I made it to the tube station on time, but I got stood up by Boris!"
cyber-stood up
When someone agrees to post you messages or emails on a certain time or day using a computer or digital device with internet connection however they don't post the messages after making such plans.
Example:
Person A: He told me that he'll email me tonight, however I was waiting for his email and messages on facebook but it never showed up. I saw him the next day, only for him to tell me, that he forgot to send the important email. He cyber-stood me up. Didn't he cyber-stood me up?
Person B: He clearly cyber-stood up you on that day.
Person A: He told me that he'll email me tonight, however I was waiting for his email and messages on facebook but it never showed up. I saw him the next day, only for him to tell me, that he forgot to send the important email. He cyber-stood me up. Didn't he cyber-stood me up?
Person B: He clearly cyber-stood up you on that day.
I got stood up
When someone intentionally ignored you, when he/she promised to meet you, but did not show up at the appointed time. Especially on a date.
And the Bus Driver Stood Up and Started Clapping
The phrase that originally came from poland. It is supposed to signalise disbelief in someone's story that supposedly happened in real life.
Example:
-So yesterday, I was with my niece at the shopping mall. There was a woman screaming at the cashier. Then, my niece walked to her and gently asked her to calm down!
-Yeah, and the bus driver stood up and started clapping.
-So yesterday, I was with my niece at the shopping mall. There was a woman screaming at the cashier. Then, my niece walked to her and gently asked her to calm down!
-Yeah, and the bus driver stood up and started clapping.