First filed 16 December 2017 · Re-filed 23 December 2017 reinstated after temporary withdrawal.
When you stand on your tiptoes in a group photograph to appear taller.
verified Mr. H. Okafor · TML/F-217 · clerk S.T.A.
See also TML-3341 (q.v.) · TML-1484 (q.v.) · TML-0817 (q.v.)
When you use a child's plastic stool or chair to try and reach something in a cupboard and you're unsure if it'll take your weight.
verified Mrs. P. Akande · TML/F-204 · clerk N.R.
The low-level incentive or bribe you need to give foreign hotel staff, local officials or police to, quote, get things moving. It won't get you to the top, but it helps get you to a table or get you off a speeding ticket.
verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-204 · clerk B.J.W.
Where you pile a bar stool on top of a kitchen chair to retrieve the poncho and cowboy hat you wore 10 years ago from the loft.
verified Dr. R. Hollis · TML/F-217 · clerk H.M.
The balancing act undertaken when lifting a large or bulky object up a ladder into the loft.
verified Mr. G. Coleridge · TML/F-201 · clerk C.P.
This is when your curtain rail gets hooked on the wall attachment and you try to furiously whip it open until finally giving up and stepping up onto the windowsill to remove it. ⁂
verified Dr. J. Marston · TML/F-217 · clerk H.M.