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IT'S LONELY AT THE TOP - used to say that powerful and successful people often have a few friends. It means that the person at the top has stepped on and knifed so many people in the back on the way to the top, that he or she has no friends left. It also means the person is the target of so much envious hatred she or he has no friends.

Dodgeball is a game in which players stand in a circle and try to hit opponents within the circle with a large inflated ball.

Pre plan is to plan something out in advance or to determine in advance how something should go.

The word Lawdy Me simply is a shortened word for "Lord Have Mercy on Me" from a short story "The Conscience of the Court".

TITS UP - a rude slang to break or malfunction; to die, fall apart, or cease to work. By extension, to have a poor, undesired, or ruinous outcome; to fail completely or not come together at all.

TURKS in Ireland are Turkish people who live in Ireland having been born elsewhere, or are Irish-born, but have Turkish roots. By Turkish roots, this could mean roots linking back to Turkey, the island of Cyprus or the communities of the Turkish diaspora.

TITS UP - a rude slang to break or malfunction; to die, fall apart, or cease to work. By extension, to have a poor, undesired, or ruinous outcome; to fail completely or not come together at all.

KNOCK ME OVER WITH A FEATHER - used to say that one was extremely surprised or astonished when he or she found out about something. According to the Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, it dates the idiom back to 1796.

In modern politics and history, a PARLIAMENT is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearing and inquiries.