The definition of jive is to talk in a way that is insincere or exaggerated in an attempt to fool people. To jive is to tell a group of people about a wealthy relative that you really don’t have just because you want to impress them.

Jive has enormous versatility in American speech. As a noun, it means a dance performed to swing or jazz music, but it also can mean insincere, pretentious talk, or words meant to flatter or deceive. As an adjective, jive means “worthless,” “phony,” or “contrived.”

Beloved as turkeys may be as holiday-eating fare, you, as a human, probably don’t want to be called a turkey. The word is an insult, referring to a person who has done something ill advised or stupid, as in that uncle who decides to introduce his new girlfriend to his ex-wife on Thanksgiving Day.

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The origin of “talk turkey” seems to come from colonial times. Historical accounts suggest the phrase came about from the day-to-day bartering between colonists and Indians over wild turkeys. “An Indian and a white man went a shooting in partnership and a wild turkey and a crow were all the results of the day’s toil.

The combination of the imagery of being high off the ground when mounted on a great war charger, looking down one’s nose at the common herd, and also being a holder of high office made it intuitive for the term ‘on one’s high horse’ to come to mean ‘superior and untouchable’.

The name “Soapbox” originated from the fact that these little human-powered machines were made from wooden soap crates and roller-skate wheels. 5. Three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sebastian Vettel participated in one of the races in a Mario Kart. The speed of a Soapbox vehicle can reach up to 112 km/h.

Oslo – A twenty-two year old German student from Schleswig-Holstein died in a soapbox derby when he missed a left curve on a slope and plunged straight down 15 metres unto rocks near Vestrumsbygda, 120 kilometres from Oslo. He suffered severe head and chest injuries and attempts of resuscitation were futile.

Soapbox cars Originally, gravity racer cars were built from wooden soap (or apple) crates and rollerskate wheels, but have grown more sophisticated over time, with materials like aluminium, fiberglass and even CFRP being used.

The Soap Box Derby ran continuously from its inception until the onset of World War II. After a four-year hiatus, the All-American Soap Box Derby resumed in Akron in 1946, and has been held at Derby Downs every year since.

Introduction: Easy Soap Box Derby Car Build These instructions demonstrate how to build an inexpensive simple Soap Box Derby Car. You should be able to build this car for about $50.

Weight: Numerous formula-based calculations and real-life experiments have been done to determine if a heavier or slower soap box derby car will go faster. Consensus is that adding weight gives the car more momentum (acceleration/top speed) and cuts down on air resistance/drag.

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—used for a competition in which children usually 11 to 15 years of age race homemade motorless single-seated vehicles down an inclined raceway.

Anyone between the ages of 7 and 20 years of age is eligible to compete. The next thing you’ll want to find is the nearest officially sanctioned Soap Box Derby race location.

The competition consists of three timed runs (one run in each lane), down Akron’s 989-foot (301 m) hill. The car and team that achieve the fastest single run is declared the winner. The timed runs are completed during the All American Soap Box Derby race week.

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First, put the soap in a drawer or place a box over the top. You can also bend a piece of cardboard and place it over the mold to protect the top, then cover it with a towel or blanket. Another option is to place it on a heating pad set to medium for 30-60 minutes.