johnny cakes, noun
Simple corn bread made from corn meal and often served with honey and/or butter for toppings. This particular type of elderly delicacy is often served as a desert or along side soups such as chili.
I'm looking forward to the Johnny cakes ma' made us.
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May 8, 2011
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danielslaughter
kicking, adverb
Someone who's still alive.
I may be old, but I'm still kicking.
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May 8, 2011
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danielslaughter
knuckle sandwich, noun
Your fist. Usually used in a threatening manner.
If you don't shut up and sit down me and my boys will give you a knuckle sandwich.
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July 8, 2021
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Anonymous
lad, noun
A young male.
My son Bobby sure is a fine lad. He helped me chop down that old maple tree.
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May 13, 2011
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Nick N
lavatory, noun
A place where you release your bowels and freshen up. Commonly today referred to as a restroom or bathroom.
My
old-man has been in the lavatory so long I hope he's still
kicking.
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May 11, 2011
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danielslaughter
level with you, phrase
To relate to or compromise logically to someone else; or to gain even grounds with negotiations.
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September 8, 2011
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danielslaughter
lexicon, noun
/lex-i-con/
A whirlpool of words that define a certain geography of words or phrases.
As a space pioneer, my lexicon will include words that are both loving and leaving.
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July 7, 2021
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Eric Johnson
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
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
linens, noun
White or lightly colored sheets typically used to sleep on.
A life without linens isn't a life worth living.
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May 8, 2011
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danielslaughter
little bugger
An insult to a child or youth for being a pest.
"You little buggers, I'll get you" the old man shouted at the truck full of young men as they hastily drove away.
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May 8, 2011
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danielslaughter
little shit
Someone, typically younger, who is not behaving to social norms. A
smuck.
Why you little shit; get off my lawn!
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July 14, 2021
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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
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