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gauntlets 

Fingerless short or long black leather, lace, satin, mesh, or fishnet forearm covers; some have a thumbhole; goth, biker~looking, or high~fashion feminine types. They're Badass! Can have patterns, tie~around straps, velvet, available in many different styles including ones with zippers & skulls.
I have so many pair of different pairs of gauntlets but my favorite are black leather with a long zipper~they go all the way to my elbow, & they have little metal skulls on them!
gauntlets by Starchylde May 30, 2016
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grain of salt

A metaphor used when information or advice should not be taken so seriously.
Peter: I read somewhere that we're going to war with North Korea!!
Mom: Where did you hear that from?
Peter: Someone commented on my Facebook post
Mom: It was probably sarcasm that you clearly missed on. There is definitely tension between the US and North Korea but not enough to go into War over. Take what they said with a grain of salt.
grain of salt by PLPK Fire April 27, 2017
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A term commonly used in the IT industry to describe an outage of a service being caused by the substandard work of a sysadmin.
*Multiple services light up the monitoring board*

"OH FFS who grained it"
grained by dfg1r07 March 22, 2017

Take it with a grain of salt

regard something as exaggerated; believe only part of something.

bah weep grana weep ninny bon 

The "Universal Greeting" as used in Transformers: The Movie (original animated film 1986). Autobots Hot Rod and Kup are confronted by the Sharkticons, offering Energon as a sign of peace. Later in the movie, Hot Rod is confronted by the Junkions on the Planet of Junk, and does the same.
You: bah weep grana weep ninny bon. (Offer a handshake)
Stranger: bah weep grana weep ninny bon! (Returns handshake)

Obtain the Grain 

just a way for one, ie. me, to flex on yall with their immaculate use of the english language by speaking as the ones important to society do, its the competent way of saying "lets get that bread"
Obtain the Grain by awholemess January 9, 2019

take with a grain of salt

To take a statement with 'a grain of salt' or 'a pinch of salt' means to accept it but to maintain a degree of skepticism about its truth.
The idea comes from the fact that food is more easily swallowed if taken with a small amount of salt. (take with a grain of salt)