lindy hop, noun
A dance style that was developed around the 1920's to the 1930's that was designed for jazz music and is akin to swing dance.
We danced the Lindy Hop all night at the jazz club.
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April 24, 2014
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Turner Slaughter
gee wiz
An exclamation or expression representing shock, amazement, or downright awesome.
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March 7, 2014
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Anonymous
gams, noun
/gams/
A person's legs, usually an attractive woman's.
Oi, would you take a gander at that doll's gams.
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September 16, 2013
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Joe
jack-wagon, noun
A term for an person you do not care for. Someone who acts in an undesirable manner.
That jack-wagon just cut me off!
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January 14, 2013
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Brent
pick your brain
To run something past someone in hopes they have a solution to your problem.
Let's meet over dinner tonight so I can pick your brain on a new business idea.
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December 12, 2012
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danielslaughter
billfold, noun
An accessory which hold your money. A wallet.
Let me check my billfold for my money and license.
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December 5, 2012
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Trista Witherspoon
jockey box, noun
The compartment in your car in which you typically put your registration - similar to the "glove compartment."
I keep my insurance in my jockey box.
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December 5, 2012
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Trista Witherspoon
lollygag, verb
To waste time or procrastinate.
Typically the children lollygag when its time to leave for the dentist office.
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September 21, 2012
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Megan Sweeney
make water, phrase
The need or action to use the restroom with the intent of urinating; to pee.
Would you please excuse me for a moment to make water.
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August 10, 2012
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danielslaughter
golden, adjective
/ˈgÅldÉ™n/
To refer to something as grand, superb, or otherwise awesome.
I'd say my day has been just golden.
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July 18, 2012
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danielslaughter
lock the barn door after the horse is gone, phrase
To fix something, or be more careful, after what you are trying to avaiod has already happened.
Bob: "After all the theft from the boys' locker room at the public school they finally decided to install padlocks."
Greg: "Kind of locking the barn door after the horse is gone isn't it?"
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June 8, 2012
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Brent
as the crow flies, phrase
The shortest distance between two points.
The building we can see off in the distance probably isn't as far away as the crow flies.
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May 16, 2012
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danielslaughter
straw that broke the camel's back, phrase
Usually an incident that is not the direct cause for an issue, but something which puts a person's, place's or thing's point of stress past the threshold of causing consequences.
It wasn't the lack of candy sales which caused the
drive-in to close; those sales were just the straw that broke the camel's back.
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May 11, 2012
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danielslaughter
had a ball
To previously undergo excitement at an event.
Gregory and I had a ball last weekend at the
drive-in. We even bought a popcorn to share!
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April 23, 2012
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danielslaughter