empty-boxcars train of assurers

Derisive term for a sizable number of acquaintances of someone with a dubious reputation who make praising statements about the individual's character/morals, offer to co-sign a loan he's requesting, etc., but who are of comparably-questionable integrity themselves, are also broke, etc., and so their own word and/or reliability is viewed as not being much more of a legitimate guarantee than the promises of the person they're vouching for. In other words, "quantito, but not qualito"... lots of impressive-looking "containers", but with no actual/tangible/legitimate "goods" inside of said containers.

Loan officer: I always feel really wary/suspicious whenever someone of unknown/questionable reputation asks for a loan and offers to bring in a number of other folks to vouch for his character, reliability, and financial responsibility --- "methinks he doth protest too much", plus usually his so-called "witnesses" appear to merely be an "empty-boxcars train of assurers"... they seem no more trustworthy than I would view the loan-requester himself as being, and so their voluminous praise/recommendations hold little significance and inspire little confidence in me regarding whether the loan-requester would actually possess adequate means/motivation/dedication to repay the money. I feel something like how the lady-attorney in "Losing Isaiah" did when she pointed out that the members of the "support group" whom ex-druggie/shoplifter Khaila had named as the people who were assisting her in her efforts to "go straight" and "live clean" had themselves all been former drug-users and/or criminals, and so she felt that they should not be considered to be viable/reliable helpers to prevent Khaila from relapsing.

by QuacksO September 21, 2018

empty yard

when your house is empty and the galdem come link up

kyle: i got an empty yard beb come over
kayla: i'll come if u got the weed

by flipperflapper69 September 29, 2018

Empty shootin'

When someone is speaking to you and has no common sense.

Jonny was empty shootin' all night long and made me lose my mind .

by 007littlebear August 12, 2022

Empty shootin'

When your stupid and can't speak right because you have no common sense.

This guy was empty shootin' all night and made me angy as hell.

by 007littlebear August 12, 2022

Empty the Vactor

Public Works slang for taking a number 2

Me: I’m gonna go and empty the vactor real quick
Coworker: I already did that earlier today
Me: No the Vactor, my bowels!
Coworker: oh! That Vactor

by Jahamez August 28, 2022

Running On Empty

The #2 hot new band coming up from St. Cloud, Florida.
Starring Evan Smith, Robyn Tindal, Noel, and Lane Jasmine

“Bro you listen to Running On Empty?!”
“OH HELL YEAH I LOVE RUNNING ON EMPTY”

by FrosterTheMan October 28, 2022

Empty Calories

A quarterback who puts up a lot of seemingly impressive stats, but rarely wins games, rendering his stats useless in the grand scheme of things.

Also applicable for stats put up when the team is down or up by a lot. AKA, not when a game is being determined.

Jay: I am so pumped for my team's new QB, we are going to air it out all season long.

Joel: Hmm, I don't know. All I see is a bunch of empty calories, he may be useless when it counts.

Jay: Ugh, he never wins big games, you are so right.

by Mike109999 March 21, 2022