Elder Dictionary

Elderly Terms, Meanings and Definitions

bee's knees, phrase

A way of declaring that something or someone is superb, excellent, or in other words the cat's meow.
Goodness, the boy I sit next to in homeroom is the bee's knees.

Added on May 12, 2011 by Susan K.

boner, noun

/bone-er/

A stupid mistake.
Did you see Jerry try to put the moves on Marlene? By golly, that guy sure made a huge boner!

Added on May 18, 2011 by Nick N

lunch ticket, noun

An item which was used to indicate rather or not a child attending school had received their lunch for the day. More traditionally used to describe an item of worth which could be exchanged in a bet.
That's great and all, but I wouldn't bet my lunch ticket on it.

Added on March 29, 2012 by danielslaughter

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