Slang word of the day: jobber

Today's slang word of the day is jobber. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

jobber

noun

• a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal. Derogatory.

  I refuse to deal with Sean - he's a total jobber.

  See more words meaning: miscellaneous insults (list of)
  See more words meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail

• object with unspecified name.

  Hand me that jobber over there.

  See more words meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'

• a middleman who buys and sells merchandise.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "A Chili Sauce to Crow About", The New York Times, John T. Edge, May 19 2009

  See more words meaning: business (related to)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: food coma

Today's slang word of the day is food coma. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

food coma

noun

• the tiredness experienced after eating a satisfying meal.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Food for Thought: A Makeshift Thanksgiving", The McGill Tribune, Adam Levine, 11/24/09

  See more words meaning: food and drink (related to)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: Xmas

Today's slang word of the day is Xmas. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

Xmas

noun

• Christmas.

origin

• From "X" (the Greek letter Chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word commonly translated as "Christ") and "mas" (the Old English word for "mass.")

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: make (one's) nut

Today's slang word of the day is make (one's) nut. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

make (one's) nut

verb

• to make one's living, or make the majority of one's living.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Meet Juan Doe", Raines (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 2

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: hot shot

Today's slang word of the day is hot shot. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

hot shot

noun

• a shot of injected drugs sufficient to kill.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Everything... All The Time", Life (TV, 2008), Season 2 Episode 2

notes

• See also hot-shot.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: take a powder

Today's slang word of the day is take a powder. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

take a powder

verb - intransitive

• to leave. (As in: "go to the powder room.")

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "There Is Another Sky", Caprica (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 5

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: brill

Today's slang word of the day is brill. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

brill

adjective

• "brilliant".

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "I Hear You, I See You", Parenthood (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 1

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: Christmas creep

Today's slang word of the day is Christmas creep. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

Christmas creep

noun - uncountable

• the phenomenon whereby the beginning of the Christmas shopping "season" beings earlier each consecutive year.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: mo

In honor of the last day of Movember, today's slang word of the day is mo. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

mo

noun

• "moment".

  I'll be there in a mo.

• "modus operandi".

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• "mustache".

  I'm growing a mo for Movember.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: Chrismahanukwanzakah

Today's slang word of the day is Chrismahanukwanzakah. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

Chrismahanukwanzakah

• "the holidays". An invented word combining Christmas + Hanukkah + Kwanzaa.

  Merry Chrismahanukwanzakah!

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Starting holidays early might be good for health", The Daily Cardinal (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Melissa Grau, November 11 2010

notes

• Also spelled Christmahanukwanzakah, Christmahanakwanzika, and other variants.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: road pizza

Today's slang word of the day is road pizza. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

road pizza

noun

• roadkill.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Pilot", Parker Lewis Can't Lose (TV, 1990), Season 1 Episode 1

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: gate rape

Today's slang word of the day is gate rape. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

gate rape

noun

• a more thorough inspection of some passengers flying in the United States, prior to entering the gate area.

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• the invasive security screening procedure mandated in the United States by the Transportation Security Administration, starting in November 2010.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "'Freedom Grope,' 'Gate Rape' -- Whatever You Call It -- Do You Think It's Worth It?", Nightline's Daily Line, November 17 2010

verb

• to perform the invasive security screening procedure mandated in the United States by the TSA.

  I got gate raped today.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: prehab

Today's slang word of the day is prehab. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

prehab

noun

• the period during which one drinks or does drugs, i.e. before one goes to rehab.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Dig a Hole", Life (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 10

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: dollars to donuts

Today's slang word of the day is dollars to donuts. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

dollars to donuts

• abbreviated form of "I'd bet you dollars to donuts". In theory, this is a good bet. (In practice, donuts can usually be purchased for less than a dollar each.)

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Dog and Pony", Terriers (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 2

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: clutch

Today's slang word of the day is clutch. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

clutch

adjective

• great; "awesome"; "cool".

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  See more words meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun

• helpful during a difficult situation or period of time. Something that "came through in the clutch", that is, came through in a difficult or trying time.

  That money you sent me was clutch.

  See more words meaning: helpful

noun

• a difficult or trying time. Often used in sports to describe a player or team's ability (or inability) to deliver when peak performance is needed.

  "Big-time players deliver in the clutch." Kurt Johnson, Roseville Press-Tribune

  "David Wright has been wrong in the clutch for Mets." Peter Botte, NY Daily News

  See more words meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: oscar mike

Today's slang word of the day is oscar mike. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

oscar mike

• "On the Move". In the NATO phonetic alphabet, "Oscar" = O and "Mike" = M.

  Person A: Meet me at the bar.
  
  Person B: Oscar Mike.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From The Men who Stare at Goats (film, 2009)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: asshat

Today's slang word of the day is asshat. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

asshat

noun

• general derogatory term for a person; "idiot"; "moron"; "loser".

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle", Bones (TV), Season 5 Episode 19

• a person who behaves in an offensive, pompous manner; "jerk".

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "He's Dead, She's Dead", Castle (TV, 2010), Season 3 Episode 2

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: cheestastic

Today's slang word of the day is cheestastic. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

cheestastic

adjective

• very cheesy.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Fallen 'Idol': The champ stumbles, and 'Dancing With the Stars' steps up", The Washington Post, Lisa de Moraes, April 18, 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: sacred cow

Today's slang word of the day is sacred cow. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

sacred cow

noun

• something that should not be questioned.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat - but farm it properly", The Guardian (UK), George Monbiot, 6 September 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: laser in on

Today's slang word of the day is laser in on. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

laser in on

verb

• to focus intensely on.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: manssiere

Today's slang word of the day is manssiere. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

manssiere

noun

• a brassiere (bra) for men. From the TV series Seinfeld.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Men's Breasts: No Joking Matter", Time, Michael D. Lemonick, Sep. 19 2007

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

Today's slang word of the day is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

adjective

• crazy.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Pilot", Raines (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 1

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: obit

Today's slang word of the day is obit. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

obit

noun

• "obituary".

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Identity", Persons Unknown (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 10

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: get stuck in

Today's slang word of the day is get stuck in. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

get stuck in

verb

• to devote significant effort towards.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "I was wrong about veganism. Let them eat meat - but farm it properly", The Guardian (UK), George Monbiot, 6 September 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: go DEFCON

Today's slang word of the day is go DEFCON. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

go DEFCON

verb

• to enter a state of increased awareness.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Seven Sacrifices", Persons Unknown (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 11

origin

• From the United States military's "DEFense readiness CONdition". For more information, see the Wikipedia article for DEFCON.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: wag

Today's slang word of the day is wag. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

wag

noun

• acronym of "wild-assed guess". Contrast with "swag" (scientific wild-assed guess).
• acronym for "wives and girlfriends." Used in the British tabloid press in reference to wives and girlfriends of football (soccer) players.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From article title, The Daily Mail (UK), 7 September 2010

verb - transitive

• to not attend school or work, without permission.

  Me and my mates are gonna wag school tomorrow.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: commentard

Today's slang word of the day is commentard. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

commentard

noun

• an unintelligent person who leaves comments on internet discussions. From "comment" + "tard".

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From article title, The Register, Lester Haines, 3 October 2008

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: goat

Today's slang word of the day is goat. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

goat

adjective

• excellent. Acronym for "greatest of all time." Pronounced "goat" (like the animal) rather than as separate letters.

  Man, that game was GOAT.

noun

• "scapegoat".

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Honor restored for general blamed after Nixon denied authorizing Vietnam bombing", Washington Post, Craig Whitlock, August 5 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: up sticks

Today's slang word of the day is up sticks. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

up sticks

verb

• to minimize or eliminate connections with one's current location of residence.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "The virtual curmudgeon", The Economist, Sep 2 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: bottle of crazy sauce

Today's slang word of the day is bottle of crazy sauce. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

bottle of crazy sauce

noun

• a crazy person.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "iHave a Lovesick Teacher", iCarly (TV, 2008), Season 1 Episode 25

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: beyond the pale

Today's slang word of the day is beyond the pale. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

beyond the pale

adjective

• unforgivable.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Ex-lawyer jailed 14 months, but not charged with a crime", CNN, Abbie Boudreau, Emily Probst and Dana Rosenblatt, May 24 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: small fry

Today's slang word of the day is small fry. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

small fry

noun

• something or someone unimportant.
• a small person.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Sally Teel", Sons of Tucson (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 12

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: jam up

Today's slang word of the day is jam up. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

jam up

verb - transitive

• to put someone in an unpleasant situation.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Glenn's Birthday", Sons Of Tucson (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 11

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: splash out

Today's slang word of the day is splash out. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

splash out

verb - ambitransitive

• to spend money.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Knee surgery for Stockport's 11m lottery winner", BBC, 6 August 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: shake and bake

Today's slang word of the day is shake and bake. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

shake and bake

noun - uncountable

• an easy-to-make variety of methamphetamine.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Lazy man's way of making meth' surges across Missouri", Kentucky Lexington Herald-Leader, Tony Rizzo, Jul 27, 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: 19th hole

Today's slang word of the day is 19th hole. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

19th hole

noun

• the clubhouse at a golf course.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Obama swings it to play even more golf than Bush (and all in less than a year in office)", The Daily Mail (UK), Paul Thompson, 27 October 2009

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: rub up against

Today's slang word of the day is rub up against. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

rub up against

verb

• to be related (in some way) to.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: departure lounge

Today's slang word of the day is departure lounge. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

departure lounge

noun

• the geriatric ward. Used by doctors in the UK.

  Citation: "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: mom jeans

Today's slang word of the day is mom jeans. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

mom jeans

noun - uncountable

• high-waisted, unfashionable jeans commonly worn by middle-aged mothers.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Mom genes? No way.", The Boston Globe, Louise Kennedy, May 28 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: uni

Today's slang word of the day is uni. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

uni

noun

• university.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From The Rage in Placid Lake (2003)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: ecohacking

Today's slang word of the day is ecohacking. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

ecohacking

noun - uncountable

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Oxford Word of the Year 2008: Hypermiling", Oxford University Press Blog, November 10 2008

  Word was a semi-finalist in the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2008 selection.

notes

• See also hack.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: hypermiler

Today's slang word of the day is hypermiler. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

hypermiler

noun

• a person who hypermiles.
  
  "Hypermiling" was the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2008.

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-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: gaslight

Today's slang word of the day is gaslight. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

gaslight

verb - transitive

• to slowly and methodically psychologically manipulate a person, with the goal of driving them insane.

  To celebrate major events in each other's lives, one of the traditions within the department was to gaslight a colleague.

origin

• From the 1938 play Gas Light. For more details, see the Wikipedia article for "Gaslighting".

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: pin one's ears back

Today's slang word of the day is pin one's ears back. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

pin one's ears back

verb - transitive

• to chastise.
• to defeat soundly.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Sport: Advantage Kramer", Time, Sep 01, 1947

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: leg it

Today's slang word of the day is leg it. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

leg it

verb

• to run.

  Leg it - it's the police!

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "React to Contact", Lie To Me (TV, 2010)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: tickle the ivories

Today's slang word of the day is tickle the ivories. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

tickle the ivories

verb

• to play the piano.

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-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: make (one's) bones

Today's slang word of the day is make (one's) bones. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

make (one's) bones

verb

• to earn a respected position in a field of work.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Movie review: 'Rachel Getting Married'", Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips, October 9 2008

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: jackwagon

Today's slang word of the day is jackwagon. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

jackwagon

noun

• general insult.

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-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: ranga

Today's slang word of the day is ranga. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

ranga

noun

• a person with red hair. Australian slang.

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-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: Reality Distortion Field

Today's slang word of the day is Reality Distortion Field. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

Reality Distortion Field

noun

• from Wikipedia: "the idea that Steve Jobs is able to convince himself and others to believe almost anything with a mix of charm, charisma, bluster, exaggeration, marketing and persistence."

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Apple betrays loyal customers with iPad's micro-SIM slot", The Sidney Morning Herald - digihub blog, aturner, January 29 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: hurt locker

Today's slang word of the day is hurt locker. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

hurt locker

noun

• a metaphorical bad place one goes to after/while experiencing defeat, injury, distress, etc. Military slang.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "What's a "hurt locker"?", BBC News Magazine, 8 March 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: VPL

Today's slang word of the day is VPL. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

VPL

noun

• acronym for "visible panty lines". That is: the edges of underwear visible through outerwear.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Is the thong dead?", The Week, February 3 2010

  WARNING: Citation contains a picture that may not be suitable for workplaces.

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: goose

Today's slang word of the day is goose. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

goose

noun

• a fool. Often used playfully towards children, as in the example sentence.

  You silly goose!

verb

• to grab or pinch someone's buttocks or upper thigh.

  I can't believe that old man goosed me.

• to augment.

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• to use the accelerator of a vehicle, or to open the throttle of a machine.

  Goose it!

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: topless

Today's slang word of the day is topless. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

topless

adjective

• without any clothing covering the torso. Not slang.

  We're going to a topless beach later.

• having no laptop or mobile device usage allowed.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Business Meetings going 'topless'", Los Angeles Times, Jessica Guynn, March 31, 2008

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: topless

Today's slang word of the day is topless. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

topless

adjective

• without any clothing covering the torso. Not slang.

  We're going to a topless beach later.

• having no laptop or mobile device usage allowed.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Business Meetings going 'topless'", Los Angeles Times, Jessica Guynn, March 31, 2008

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: faff around

Today's slang word of the day is faff around. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

faff around

verb

• to spend time on a non-productive activity; "waste time". Also faff, faff about. British slang.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "The joy of simply faffing around", The Guardian, Tom Hodgkinson, 13 August 2008

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: LOBNH

Today's slang word of the day is LOBNH. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

LOBNH

adjective

• acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: anti-Midas touch

Today's slang word of the day is anti-Midas touch. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

anti-Midas touch

noun

• a curse in which everything one interacts with turns out badly. From King Midas (of Greek mythology) whose touch would turn things to gold.

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Slang word of the day: FLK

Today's slang word of the day is FLK. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

FLK

adjective

• acronym for "funny looking kid", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003

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Slang word of the day: mantuary

Today's slang word of the day is mantuary. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

mantuary

noun

• an area of a (usually shared) residence where a male can enjoy his hobbies independent of normal house rules (usually of cleanliness.) From "man" + "sanctuary".

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Why he needs a room of his own", CNN.com, Michelle Goodman

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Slang word of the day: give (one) a hiding

Today's slang word of the day is give (one) a hiding. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

give (one) a hiding

verb

• to beat up.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "'Ninja', 58, beats up 3 muggers", News 24.com, 2010-05-13

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Slang word of the day: carrot mob

Today's slang word of the day is carrot mob. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

carrot mob

noun

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Oxford Word of the Year 2008: Hypermiling", Oxford University Press Blog, November 10 2008

  Word was a semi-finalist in the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2008 selection.

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Catching up with updates #32

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Continuing catching up with updates:

• May 28 (bumpf, IDEK)
• May 29 (floosie, grrr, Twitard...)
• May 30 (BBIAB, filthy stinking rich, POETS day...)
• May 31 (doflicky, fug...)
• June 1 (thinker...)

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Slang word of the day: flash mob

Today's slang word of the day is flash mob. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

flash mob

noun

• a spontaneous public gathering of people organized via the internet.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Ideas & Trends: Flash Mobs; Guess Some People Don't Have Anything Better to Do", The New York Times, Amy Harmon, August 17 2003

origin

• The term "flash crowd" was introduced by author Larry Niven in his novella Flash Crowd.

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Slang word of the day: geek chic

Today's slang word of the day is geek chic. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

geek chic

noun

• fashion influenced by clothing worn by geeks and nerds.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From article title, Telecomworldwire, August 16 2000

• anything popularized by geeks, e.g. particular cellphones, video games, etc.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Kestrel is Falcon's latest take on concept motorcycles", Chicago Tribune, Susan Carpenter, June 17 2010

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Slang word of the day: fram

Today's slang word of the day is fram. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

fram

noun

• unwanted messages sent to you by friends. From "friend" + "spam". Coined by the McAfee security company.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From ""Fram" for Facebook is no laughing matter", McAfee Security Insights Blog, Tracy Mooney, March 16 2010

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Slang word of the day: three-finger salute

Today's slang word of the day is three-finger salute. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

three-finger salute

noun

• the pressing of the "Alt" key + the "Ctrl" key + the "Del" key to reboot or unfreeze a PC computer.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Operating in a New Environment", PC Magazine, Charles Petzold, February 25 1986

  More words meaning: computer slang

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Catching up with updates #31

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Continuing catching up with updates:

• May 22 (boomtang, ...)
• May 23 (one vulgar term...)
• May 24 (meadow muffin)
• May 25 (as if, drippin', giggity, hork...)
• May 26 (outside the box, topless meeting, wild out on (one)...)

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Slang word of the day: frugalista

Today's slang word of the day is frugalista. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

frugalista

noun

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  Word was a finalist in the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2008 selection.

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Slang word of the day: ankle biter

Today's slang word of the day is ankle biter. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

ankle biter

noun

• a young child.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From from ABC Newsradio

• people who criticize a position but offer no constructive alternative.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Fenty on WAMU-FM: 'I'm the One Making the Tough Decisions'", WashingtonCityPaper.com - City Desk (blog), Mike DeBonis, Apr. 9 2010

• a small dog.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Big love", M - Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine, Amy Siewert, April 5 2010

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Catching up with updates #30

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Continuing catching up with updates:

• May 17 (hand egg, yow)
• May 18 (andygogglin, swamp donkey, umm...)
• May 19 (buck, cheese-paring, GL...)
• May 20 (Hello, nurse; swing; win...)
• May 21 (noodle, shim, tcheyah...)

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Slang word of the day: measure drapes

Today's slang word of the day is measure drapes. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

measure drapes

verb

• to prematurely plan to replace someone else (in a job, acting role, etc.)

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Van Hollen: Democrats Are Still the Party of Change, Will Keep Their Majority", Politics Daily (blog), Jill Lawrence, April 7 2010

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Slang word of the day: moofer

Today's slang word of the day is moofer. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

moofer

noun

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  Word was a finalist in the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2008 selection.

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Catching up with updates #29

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• May 12 (dog, nab, NVM...)
• May 13 (bon-bon, cash in (one's) chips, malamanteau...)
• May 14 (hrm, shrimper, shrimping, willy nilly...)
• May 15 (push up daisies)
• May 16 (whackadoodle, yahoo, yip)

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Catching up with updates #28

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• May 7 (throw (one) for a six, vaca...)
• May 8 (EWBTE, fat-finger, good old boy, hand cannon...)
• May 9 (PIIYB)
• May 10 (SCNR, ...)
• May 11 (DYOH, ...)

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Slang word of the day: fat-finger

Today's slang word of the day is fat-finger. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

fat-finger

noun

• an instance of fat-fingering.

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transitive verb

• To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. Happens more frequently as the button size is reduced, e.g. on cell phones.

  Whoops, I just fat-fingered his phone number.

  More words meaning: computer slang
  More words meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err

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Slang word of the day: rewilding

Today's slang word of the day is rewilding. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

rewilding

noun

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notes

• Word was a semi-finalist in the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2008 selection.

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Slang word of the day: kick the can down the road

Today's slang word of the day is kick the can down the road. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

kick the can down the road

verb

• to procrastinate.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "'Rahmbonics' making a comeback", Politico, Carol E. Lee, October 11 2008

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Catching up with updates #27

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Continuing catching up with updates:

• May 2 (DIAF, DYK, in your feelings)
• May 3 (barkeep, HA, Jamie...)
• May 4 (bag ho, beamed, hot shot...)
• May 5 (break up, feast (one's) eyes, linkbait...)
• May 6 (hump day, PFO...)

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Slang word of the day: manscara

Today's slang word of the day is manscara. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

manscara

noun

• mascara for men.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Introducing Guy-liner and Manscara - the new metrosexual make-up just for men", The Daily Mail, Dan Newling, 28th July 2008

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Slang word of the day: analog

Today's slang word of the day is analog. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

analog

adjective

• bad; generally displeasing.

  This party is analog.

• boring.
• old-fashioned.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Revenge Porn", Details Magazine, September 30 2008, Richard Morgan

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From article title

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Catching up with updates #26

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• April 27 (dead, joint, null...)
• April 28 (cut of (one's) jib, lamestream media, wreck...)
• April 29 (bomb, death stick...)
• April 30 (iby, slugbug, vitamin I...)
• May 1 (awiiyy, bomb, buzz for...)

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Slang word of the day: wrap rage

Today's slang word of the day is wrap rage. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

wrap rage

noun

• anger experienced trying to open sealed plastic packaging. This packaging is especially found around consumer electronics.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Packages You Won't Need a Saw to Open", The New York Times, Brad Stone and Matt Richtel, November 14 2008

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Slang word of the day: Physics for Poets

Today's slang word of the day is Physics for Poets. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

Physics for Poets

noun

• a particularly easy college course for physics.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "A failing system", The Daily Princetonian, staff, April 3 2006

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Catching up with updates #25

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• April 21 (offie, bad rap, benny, FTR...)
• April 23 (cash, IIUC, neddy...)
• April 24 (bub, grog, nocialism...)
• April 25 (grind (one's) gears, LOLFDGB, pill...)
• April 26 (hook, power shower, SMH...)

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Slang word of the day: malamanteau

Today's slang word of the day is malamanteau. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

malamanteau

noun

• Coined in XKCD web comic #739: "a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism."

notes

• Controversy erupted on Wikipedia when fans of the webcomic attempted to add a "malamanteau" article to the encyclopedia.
  
  Discussion on Wikipedia about the article can be seen here
  
  Discussion on Reddit.com about the controversy can be seen here

origin

• In addition to the XKCD origin, the term appears to have been used on the website MetaFilter as early as 2007:

  It's not spoonerism. More like a portmanteau combined with a malapropism. So I'd go with malamanteau or a portmanpropism.
  
  posted by ludwig_van at 3:31 PM on July 17, 2007 (link)

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• April 16 (carrot mob, ecohacking, frugalista...)
• April 17 (boom, chav, clean, duck...)
• April 18 (hyna, off the grid, rucca...)
• April 19 (guyliner, manscara, mental...)
• April 20 (bad rap, benny, FTR...)

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Slang word of the day: neo-boho

Today's slang word of the day is neo-boho. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

neo-boho

• new Bohemian.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2002, p. 362.

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Continuing catching up with updates:

• April 11 (solid)
• April 12 (goose, NM, saddified...)
• April 13 (awesome, mushies, plarn...)
• April 14 (analog, big deal, echo chamber...)
• April 15 (down there...)

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Slang word of the day: BC bud

Today's slang word of the day is BC bud. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

BC bud

noun

• marijuana ("bud") from British Columbia, Canada.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Kid Cannabis", Rolling Stone, Mark Binelli, Oct 06 2005

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