Citations:unijambist

English citations of unijambist

Noun: "(non-native speakers' English) a person with only one leg"

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• 1994, Jean Echenoz, Double Jeopardy‎^[1]:

  Each of them, having taken a second helping of vegetables, leaned back to digest. Henri the unijambist was still asleep. The blond tossed some pebbles into the water. Jeanne-Marie came nearer the hearth, unglued the mildewed pages of a magazine, then leafed through the pretty people and practical advice for laundering in low temperatures.

• 2000 December 20, Olivier Hagué, “EVA-Unit Head origins?”, in japan.anime.evangelion‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-16:

  There is _nothing_ about "Tôji's missing arm" anywhere.
  But the liner notes keep talking about his missing left leg. Strange, isn't it? Even in the parody comics featured in the Japanese Genesis 0:12 video, you can see an unijambist Tôji with his _two_ arms.

• 2002 November 19, Olivier Hagué, “BOOYAH !!!! NOT !!!!”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.col-avalanche‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-16:

  In 1999 and 2001, Detroit totally fell apart in the face of adversity. You can't ascribe such a meltdown only to injuries. Where was Detroit's vaunted depth since you contend that Detroit has won because of it more than by relying on its superstars to carry the team, as opposed to the Avalanche? And where was Bowman's touch in all of that? And in 2002, would the Red Wings have even bested the Canucks without relying so very much on their unijambist captain in that series?

• 2006 November 20, Marine Rebillout (eversmile), “Bom shankar”, in TrekEarth‎^[4], archived from the original on 2022-10-04:

  The pilgrimage was a fantastic moment. I was stirred up by the presence of some unijambists or very old people, all walking to the top, at their rythm. I was impressed by so much devotion.

• 2007 June 28, John of Aix, “Question About Recent Tax Credits £487/week Claim”, in uk.politics.misc‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-16:

  Being a unijambist helps too

• 2016 February 16, Javiklegrand, “Idea for the Scout Relic - make it a "moving" ward”, in Reddit‎^[6], Smite, archived from the original on 2022-10-04:

  a roaming ward will be funny specially if they have different running animations according to the skin(like saci the unijambist )

• 2021 June 28, WeeLotus, “Centaurs and Wheelchairs”, in Reddit‎^[7], CuratedTumblr, archived from the original on 2022-10-04:

  My friend actually created a unijambist centaur pirate captain npc for a game of D&d I played in. Best npc in that campaign

• 2021 July 4, dr_Kfromchanged, “r/cringetopia post starterpack”, in Reddit‎^[8], starterpacks, archived from the original on 2022-10-04:

  Of ^[sic] something is cringe it is, if somebody do something cringe no matter if he is autist, has alzeihmer ^[sic] or is unijambist it still is cringe.