lickety-split, adjective
/lick-eh-dee spa-lit/
Fast, hastily, quick.
The homework was easy. I got it done lickety-split.
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May 11, 2011
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Anonymous
old grey mare, phrase
Comes from old song speaking of female horse that is past her prime. Used to speak of others, especially women, who are past their prime.
All the women in the
parlor are just cackling Old Grey Mares.
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May 11, 2011
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Anonymous
pedal pushers, noun
/peh-dahl-push-ers/
Women's crop pants or capri pants.
Pauline purchased a pair of pink pedal pushers.
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July 1, 2019
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Anonymous
ugly stick, noun
1. A device, which when used for hitting, causes someone to become permanently ugly.;
2. A device used as a way to explain why someone is ugly.
Susie ain't got nothing on you,
darling; she was beat with an ugly stick.
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July 8, 2021
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Anonymous
warsh, verb
/warr-sh/
A common mispronunciation of the simple word "Wash."
It appears you have a stain we'll need to warsh out from your yard dart expedition.
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May 16, 2011
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Anonymous
willy nilly
In a sloppy, unprepared fashion.
I'm not just going to go out and buy a car all willy nilly.
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May 12, 2011
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Anonymous
button your lip, phrase
What a parent would say to their child when he or she started to talk back to them.
You better button your lip before I have to shut it for you.
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May 11, 2011
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Bob P.
cat's meow, phrase
Describing something or someone you think is close to perfection.
Wow, she is the cat's meow.
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May 11, 2011
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Bob P.
doomajig, noun
/doom-a-jig/
An item you do not recall the name of it.
Hey, can you get me that doomajig we used to unclog the sink?
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May 11, 2011
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Bob P.
hunky dory, phrase
/hun-key door-ee/
Everything is fine, going well, as planned.
Life is just hunky dory today.
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May 11, 2011
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Bob P.
pipsqueak, noun
/pip-squeak/
A small person; small in stature.
Johnny is a little pipsqueak.
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May 11, 2011
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Bob P.
shuckns, interjection
/shuck-ins/
An interjection used to express displeasure when you do something stupid.
Oh shuckens, I really screwed that up.
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May 11, 2011
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Bop P.
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
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