jacaranda's definitions

chinger

A chinger is a telephone fraud device that mimics the frequency made by a pay telephone when money was dropped into it. Putting money in the coin slot caused a DTMF or Dual Tone Multi Frequency signal to be sent out to the central switching box which registered it and when enough money had been inserted into the phone would connect the call. The chinger could mimic that sound and thus produce the equivalent effect of dropping a quarter into the pay phone.

So basically, a chinger allowed the user to make unlimited free calls from certain pay phones. They could be made using a simple pocket electronic address book sold at Radio Shack, and replacing the chip inside to alter the output sound.

They were also known as "red boxes" but the name chinger probably referred to the chiming sound it made when mimicing a quarter drop.

Most modern pay phones no longer use the DTMF tones, rendering the chinger obsolete... but it was fun while it lasted!

Hey gimme that chinger I need to make a phone call.

by Jacaranda February 1, 2008

box lock

The female equivalent of a cock block.

I was hitting on that guy, but my girlfriend stepped in and totally box locked me.

by Jacaranda December 6, 2006

backal

Of, or relating to, the back. Most commonly used as a reference to the presence of hair on the back. As in, "backal hair"

Eww look at all that backal hair on that dude.

by Jacaranda February 26, 2008

fe

A conjunction word used in Jamaican slang often in the place of "of"

Me say mon, I and I tired fe smoke weed in da bush. Legalize it.

by Jacaranda February 18, 2007

ras clot

One of several variations of Jamaican / Rasta vulgarities derived from bloodclot It is used as a catch-all swear word, often in the place of bullshit, fuck or shit and definitely has a negative connotation. All derivations come from the Jamaican view of women's menstrual blood as taboo and unsavory. See also bumbaclot

Come straight with me and don't give me any of that ras clot.

by Jacaranda November 19, 2007

moldy

Adj. Describes anything that is old, out of style or has fallen out of favor.

Classic rock is so moldy... why do people still listen to it?

by Jacaranda May 19, 2007

French Rinse

A French Rinse is when you use the next wine to rinse out your wine glass instead of water.

Give me that bottle, I'm going to do a French Rinse before pouring my next glass.

by Jacaranda November 7, 2021