(n.) One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
(n.) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set.
(n.) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.
(n.) A dandy roller. See below.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a 3-year-old child, a rare combination of a Dandy-Walker syndrome, a primitive trigeminal artery and a facial haemangioma was found.
(2) That's just dandy when you're gazing at a lamb chop with mint sauce, but the downside to this technology is that each time you glance at the image of Jamie on the front cover you'll absorb some of him, too.
(3) Neil Morton has written a dandy little blog explaining how he found the perfect soundtrack for the aftermath of England's tussle with Italy last weekend.
(4) A child who had the Dandy-Walker syndrome along with her healthy twin sibling were followed regularly for a period of 2 years.
(5) Three cases of Dandy-Walker syndrome are described.
(6) The presenting diagnoses were Cogan's syndrome, Meniere's syndrome, Dandy's syndrome without hearing loss, or progressive sensorineural hearing loss without dizziness.
(7) After rhizotomia (Dandys method) 3 patients died, one of them because of a meningitis, one of them because of damage of the superior petrosal vein and one after ligature of an irregular auditive artery.
(8) A review of serial computed tomography (CT) scans of 25 patients with the Dandy-Walker malformation revealed six patients with chronic downward transincisural herniation of the cerebrum after shunt decompression of the posterior fossa cyst or malfunction of a lateral ventricular drainage catheter, or both.
(9) In this series, one patient had aqueductal stenosis, four had agenesis of the corpus callosum, two had hydrocephalus, one had cerebral abiotrophy, and one (a 72-year-old man) had no additional defects and no symptoms from his Dandy-Walker syndrome.
(10) Two patients with the Dandy-Walker malformation first developed neurologic symptoms in adult life.
(11) Autopsy findings included intraphepatic biliary atresia, coarctation of the aorta of the infantile type, and the Dandy-Walker syndrome.
(12) Fielding, surrealist comic, painter and dandy, is recreating the glam rock 1970s.
(13) The differential diagnosis of a posterior fossa fluid collection in the fetus includes an enlarged cisterna magna, Dandy-Walker syndrome, or a posterior fossa cyst, each of which has differing implications for perinatal management.
(14) In the present report we describe a girl with mental retardation, Dandy-Walker malformation, craniofacial anomalies, cardiac defect, and ovarian dysgenesis associated with an interstitial deletion of chromosome 2.
(15) The Dandy-Walker malformation was found at autopsy in our patient.
(16) All 3 children had associated hindbrain deformities; two with Dandy-Walker malformation, the third with a Chiari II malformation.
(17) Clinical and complementary investigation revealed a malformation syndrome with many anomalies like those of trisomy 9p as well as Dandy-Walker cyst and Hirschsprung disease not previously described in tetrasomy 9p.
(18) A rare case is reported of Dandy-Walker cyst of the posterior fossa with intracystic chronic hemorrhage.
(19) Three cases were associated with other congenital anomalies: intracranial angioma, Dandy Walker Syndrome and Klippel-Trenauncy Syndrome.
(20) An infant had a giant congenital nevus, neurocutaneous melanosis (NCM), and a Dandy-Walker malformation of the brain.
Metrosexual
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) And so, from "stylish metrosexual" Warne we move seamlessly to Piers Morgan.
(2) But when I saw photos of Shane on his way to play golf looking like a model from a 50s catalogue, and when I saw that he'd been described by the Daily Mail as "a smartly dressed metrosexual" – a phrase as ominous from the Daily Mail as "brutally honest" or "plain speaking" – I knew my help was needed.
(3) He has pointed to the rise of the "metrosexual male", with David Beckham as its standard bearer, as evidence that masculinity is becoming unfashionable and "traditional male values, such as courage, risk-taking and singlemindedness can be seen as dysfunctional".
(4) Meanwhile, and a propos of nothing, a word on the The Last Taboo : Loaf around London or any major city in these metrosexual times and it won't be long before you see men doing things that would have outraged, or at least baffled, their forefathers.
(5) He is not just a Notting Hill metrosexual: he also hails from that home counties green Tory tradition that first gave us an Environment Department under the Heath government.
(6) He mended his own clothes and, like today's metrosexual, did his share of the housework.
(7) The metrosexual threw caution to the wind and started carrying his moisturiser round in his manbag; the lumbersexual now serves us up a hypermasculine aesthetic with an unashamedly ironic grin.
(8) Photograph: HBO Feilding: The detective work between Patrick and Kevin shows just how awkward and difficult it can be in this post-gay metrosexual world to determine if a guy is gay or straight.
(9) Perhaps you are expecting the standard American complaints against football: calling it futball , the frantic running, players crying (everyone knows there's no crying in baseball), the aggressive metrosexuality, the low scores, France's participation and, of course, games that simply end in ties.
(10) Heartthrobs are called heartthrobs for a reason Ryan Gosling’s best actor speech saw peak metrosexual pin-up this year: losing nominees Ryan Reynolds and Andrew Garfield shared a snog, while Gosling further confirmed his dreaminess at the podium.
(11) Though there have been many rumblings about the rise of men's style before – particularly during the 1990s, when the term metrosexual gained traction – current trends suggest something more substantial.
(12) ‘Mincing’ down the runway Facebook Twitter Pinterest Though Key said he enjoyed getting in touch with his “metrosexual side” at the time , he later admitted his cringeworthy catwalk display of rugby World Cup merchandise was “probably a bit stupid”.
(13) A " West Coast metrosexual ", said our state's own land commissioner. "
(14) Not about skinning kangaroos for elegant metrosexual accessories.
(15) "I think [David] Beckham's important in all of this, because he's so gay-friendly, he is metrosexual – if one of his boys was gay, it's no big deal.
(16) There's his gentleness, too: the new man, the metrosexual, the doting dad.
(17) Metrosexuality was refreshing because it came at a time when men were struggling to be identified solely by their ability to change a spare tyre, assemble flat-pack furniture or drink a pint of Guinness without the overwhelming urge to be sick in a bush.
(18) Johnston said: "Metrosexuality was more to do with an attitude.
(19) Instead, this so-called reaction to the unashamedly feminine metrosexual seems to me all about playing with gender stereotypes.