(by extension, derogatory) A person who shows or demands deference to authority.
goddamn the "well actually" hall monitor energy is off the charts on this shitty website these days
i like that we've returned to the somethingawful forum culture days where every site with people on it is run by a gaggle of the angriest hall monitor locker-interior-knowers on earth
(by extension, derogatory) A person who shows or demands deference to authority.
(When I got to this part of the podcast, I have to admit, my own inner hall monitor was on high alert.)
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Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
A monitor assigned by the authorities to someone, such as a foreign visitor (to exercise control over their contacts with the populace) or a journalist or someone who is speaking to journalists (to monitor and control what they say).
A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
(UK, historical) A schoolchild assigned the duty of handing out servings of milk to the other children.
They used to do it! It was a treasured honor for the kind of kid who would also be a hall monitor. But who'd let a kid be the first into an intersection now?
(US) A person responsible for maintaining order in a school's corridors and halls.
(When I got to this part of the podcast, I have to admit, my own inner hall monitor was on high alert.)
“goddamn the "well actually" hall monitor energy is off the charts on this shitty website these days”
“i like that we've returned to the somethingawful forum culture days where every site with people on it is run by a gaggle of the angriest hall monitor locker-interior-knowers on earth”
“They used to do it! It was a treasured honor for the kind of kid who would also be a hall monitor. But who'd let a kid be the first into an intersection now?”
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