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.)

  Hank: Dollars to donuts she's on the phone right now telling him to come beat the crap out of us tonight.
  
  -- "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".

  Andy: Clutch [ice]cream run, bro.
  
  -- "Nepotism", The Office (TV, 2010), Season 7 Episode 1

  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.

  Lyn Cassady: Alright, we're Oscar Mike. That's "on the move", soldier.
  
  -- 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".

  Dalton: I got stuck with an asshat - couldn't even play rhythm for Toad the Wet Sprocket.
  
  -- "The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle", Bones (TV), Season 5 Episode 19

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

  The stress of being a lying, cheating asshat finally did him in.
  
  -- "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.

  These are questions that may not require the convening of a 42-nation summit on Cheestastic Reality TV...
  
  -- "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.

  He goes on to butcher a herd of sacred cows. Like many greens I have thoughtlessly repeated the claim that it requires 100,000 litres of water to produce every kilogram of beef. Fairlie shows that this figure is wrong by around three orders of magnitude.
  
  -- "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.

  Rejection is a fundamental law of the (social) universe. But if you laser in on every dis, you'll likely trigger a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  
  -- "Dumped, But Not Down", Psychology Today, Carlin Flora, July 01 2007

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)