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
by
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
by
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
by
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
by
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
by
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
by
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
by
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
by
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
by
danielslaughter
yardarts, noun
/yar-d dar-ts/
A game commonly played by children and cocktail induced adults where colorful circles would be placed or drawn in the grass, and sharp dangerous dart like objects were thrusted at those circles in hopes to make it inside them for points. YarDarts have since been discontinued, in the classic fashion, due to their sharp dangerous components.
You should come over for our cocktail party this weekend, Jane. It'll be a gay old time as we'll be playing YarDarts until someone pokes an eye out.
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April 17, 2012
by
danielslaughter
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.
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March 29, 2012
by
danielslaughter
rome wasn't built in a day, phrase
An expression implying you cannot get to the end result right away; you have to build up to it.
Dan, you can't go from sitting at a desk all the time to standing all the time; Rome wasn't built in a day.
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March 1, 2012
by
Brent
boon, noun
/boo-n/
A person, place, or thing which is beneficial.
The straps they are putting on shoes nowadays are the boon.
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February 22, 2012
by
danielslaughter
all dolled up, phrase
To be appropriately dressed in such a way that you're ready for the evening ahead of you. Typically to be glamorous.
Missy was all dolled up for the evening with her
blouse and
brooch, while Theodore had only his every-day
slacks at hand.
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February 21, 2012
by
danielslaughter