Max Headroom. It was ahead of its ti-ti-time. There's a scene in Back to the Future Part II in which Marty McFly, having traveled to the year 2015, walks into a retro diner. Marty is greeted by a digital maitre d' with white hair, a gentle voice, and smooth, almost plastic skin.
Appropriate is defined as something that is right for the purpose. Bringing wine to a wine and cheese party is an example of appropriate. The definition of appropriate is to put aside or take something for one's self or some other specific person.
From its roots, the verb appropriate would mean basically make one's ownâthat is, take, or sometimes grab. Each year the President and Congress create a budget and appropriate funds for each item in it, funds which mostly come in the form of taxes from the public. In the House of Representatives, the powerful Appropriations Committee often gets the last word on how much money goes to each program. Misappropriation of funds, on the other hand, is a nice way of saying theft.