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whiskey night

A night when you go straight for the hard stuff because you're in it to get wasted, not just to get a slight buzz. A country term, often used when one is getting over a stressful occurrence.
"Is it a whiskey night, or just a couple beers? I mean what kinda gone are we talkin' 'bout here?" -Chris Cagle, "What Kinda Gone"

Son (prancing in): "Hey dad, guess what, I'm GAAAAAAY! Meet my new boyfriend, Jean-Claude."
Dad: "Oh lord, looks like this is gonna be a whiskey night..."
by Nicholas D May 9, 2008
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vote with your feet

To express dissatisfaction by quitting or leaving. Usually used in the context of a job.
Boss: "As you know, it's been a tough year. We've lost $4 billion. So your bonus this year is going to be...um...negative $100,000. So if you would be so kind as to go ahead and return the full amount of every paycheck you've received this year, that would be greeeeaaat, m'kay?"
Subprime mortgage trader: "What? That's not fair! It's not my fault! You're the one who decided to buy all those Ninja loans, CDOs, and Bear Stearns shares!"
Boss: "Too bad, chief. If you don't like it, vote with your feet."

Paul McCartney: "Bloody hell, woman - what's taking so long? Get me that sammich now!"
Heather Mills: "You can't treat me like this! I'm your wife, not your slave!"
Paul McCartney: "I'm Paul McCartney, bitch! If you've got a problem, vote with your feet! Oops, I mean vote with your FOOT...hahahahahahaha! "

(NOTE: for those who don't know, Heather Mills had her left leg amputated)
by Nicholas D March 25, 2008
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CDO

Acronym for collateralized debt obligation, a funding tool that banks use to package up a bunch of bonds (often subprime mortgage backed), then divide the package up into new bonds and sell them after skimming a few million dollars off the top. Usually called "diversified," but if you've got dog shit, horse shit, ape shit, and elephant shit, then you can call it whatever you want, but at the end of the day you're still just holding a gigantic pile of shit.

A way of putting lipstick on a pig that banks milked the hell out of from the mid-1990's til 2007. Unfortunately the banks got totally Bear Stearned when everyone saw through the lipstick and they were caught holding a whole sty of CDO pigs.
Banker: "I've got this great investment for you. It's called a CDO."
Sucker: "Um...I've heard bad things about those. What's so good about this one?"
Banker: "It's diversified! It's got subprime mortgage bonds from Kansas, subprime mortgage bonds from Georgia, subprime mortgage bonds from Nevada, and subprime mortgage bonds from Michigan!"
Sucker: "I've heard bad things about subprime - do you have anything else?"
Banker: "Of course! This other CDO is even MORE diversified. It's got Ninja loans, loans to homeless people to buy crack, Iraqi government debt, and loans to people that need some money to bet on the roulette wheel in Vegas. Of course there's almost NO chance that any of those people won't be able to pay back what they owe."
Sucker: "SOLD! Give me $10 million of it!"
by Nicholas D March 26, 2008
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adjunk

Derogatory term for adjuncts, ingredients added to low-end beer to lower production costs. Examples are rice (used by Budweiser and Coors) and corn syrup (used by Miller). Adjunk detracts from the malty flavor and makes the final product more watery and more drinkable for people who don't like beer, yet less drinkable for people who do.
Steve: "Want something to drink?"
Kevin: "Got any beer?"
Steve: "I've got Budweiser, Miller, and Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA - which one do you want?"
Kevin: "WHAAAAAAT??? Are you crazy? Miller is cornier than a Color Me Badd video and Bud is more ricey than a tricked-out Honda Civic! Give me the Dogfish Head! You can drink that watery adjunk yourself!"
by Nicholas D March 28, 2008
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day and night

A phrase used to describe a stark difference between two things. Similar to night and day, but "day and night" implies things got worse whereas "night and day" implies things got better. Sometimes preceded by "like."
JJ Redick was the man back in college, but now that he's in the NBA, he seems content to be a bench warmer averaging 4 points a game. The difference in his performance has been day and night.

Jake: "Wow bro, it was really light out here around 3 in the afternoon, but now that it's 9:00, it's dark as hell."
Blake: "For real dude. The difference in darkness level is like day and night."
by Nicholas D March 15, 2009
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night and day

A phrase used to describe a stark difference between two things. Similar to day and night, except it implies an improvement of the situation rather than a deterioration.
Democrat: "Wow, I'm so happy that Obama is in the White House now. The difference in our country's leadership has been night and day."
Republican: "Actually it's been day and night. George W. Bush was the man."
Independent: "You're both wrong. It's been night and night. Both parties are corrupt as hell."
Libertarian: "No, I'd say it's been more of dusk and twilight."
Left-leaning moderate: "You're crazy. It's totally been dusk and dawn."
Normal person: "Seriously guys, shut up."
by Nicholas D March 15, 2009
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make off

To make a successful getaway with stolen property.
Winona Ryder would have been able to make off with $10 worth of CVS merchandise if it wasn't for that damn security alarm.

Bernie Madoff really "made off" (pun intended) with his investors' money.
by Nicholas D March 15, 2009
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