Slang word of the day: cowboy up

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

cowboy up

verb

• to face a daunting task, as a brave cowboy would.

  Ben: We hunker down, cowboy up and fight the bastard 'til he's back in hell where he belongs
  
  -- "Charged", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 2

  See more words meaning: brave

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Slang word of the day: mulligan

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

mulligan

noun

• in anything, a second chance; "do over".

  Mulligan
  
  -- episode title, Royal Pains (TV), Season 2 Episode 13 (2011)

• in golf, another shot taken after a failed shot. Does not count towards one's strokes.

  See more words meaning: sports (related to)

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Slang word of the day: smoke on that

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

smoke on that

interjection

• dismissive retort.

  Burt: Smoke on that, jerk!
  
  -- "Burt Rocks", Raising Hope (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 10

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Slang word of the day: use (one's) words

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

use (one's) words

verb

• to speak rather than resort to violence.

  Use your words, son.

  Tre: Look, man, they started dealing on my block. But I knew Jimmy was smarter than that. So I told him what'd happen if he continued. I used my words. He just stopped.
  
  -- "Stone Dead", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2007)

  See more words meaning: to say, speak, talk

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Slang word of the day: chowder head

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

chowder head

noun

• an unintelligent person.

  Jack: 'Well, lookie here... The boy wants to be a scientist. Chowder head can't even say the words!'
  
  -- "Chain Reaction of Mental Anguish", 30 Rock (TV, 2010), Season 5 Episode 9

  See more words meaning: unintelligent person, idiot

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Slang word of the day: jingle mail

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

jingle mail

noun - uncountable

• mail containing the keys to a home.

  More Americans than ever are showing a willingness to walk away from their underwater homes, according to a recent survey. Chris Kelly is a perfect example of someone who never thought she would send the bank "jingle mail" - mailing the keys back. But she did.
  
  -- "More see walking on mortgage as a viable plan", msnbc.com, Jane Hodges, December 20 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: pile of pants

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

pile of pants

noun

• nonsense. British slang.

  Letter rejecting asylum seeker's case, from a Home Office official, December 2000: "With regard to your claim to be a national of Afghanistan, the Secretary of State thinks that this is a pile of pants."
  
  -- BBC e-cyclopedia

  See more words meaning: nonsense, lies

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Slang word of the day: yuck it up

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

yuck it up

verb

• to laugh.

  Phil: Yuck it up, ladies. Wasn't funny then, isn't funny now.
  
  -- "Mother Tucker", Modern Family (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 9

  See more words meaning: to laugh

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Slang word of the day: badge bunny

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

badge bunny

noun

• a person who is attracted only, mostly, or especially to men whose profession requires them to wear badges. (For example, policemen, firemen.)

  Captain Tidwell: Badge Bunny. What? You don't use that term out here?
  
  -- "Badge Bunny", Life (TV, 2008), Season 2 Episode 9

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Slang word of the day: douched

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

douched

adjective

• in a bad position with no recourse; "screwed"

  Britt: I'm totally douched here, aren't I?
  
  -- "Quid Pro Quo", Terriers (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 12

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

Slang word of the day: leaded

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

leaded

adjective

• containing the expected active ingredient, such as caffeine or alcohol.

  Helen: Help yourself to some coffee, detective.
  
  Raines: Oh, is it leaded or unleaded?
  
  -- "Reconstructing Alice", Raines (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (2007)

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)