by It is on like donkey kong. May 24, 2011
by Chancellor Howard October 18, 2007
A phrase said to "turn on" a game; To let known a game has been started between two individuals or groups of people.
Rizo jokingly tells Terry he has made mistakes in the shop. Terry then says, "Ohhhh, you just wait till I get a hold of your drawings. It's on, it's on like donkey kong!"
by Tim Nowak July 14, 2005
on, fantastically on, the opposite of off, bringing it, go time, It's so seriously on...as in if you google "on", donkey kong would pop up...or if you google fought donkey kong and off...donkey kong, by a land freaking slide.
Example 1:
Someone challenging your epicness:
Let's play.
You:
What? Let's play? It's on like Donkey Kong.
Someone challenging your epicness:
Let's play.
You:
What? Let's play? It's on like Donkey Kong.
by Thatsmyfav August 24, 2010
A phrase to denote that it's time to throw down or compete at a high level; something is about to go down. The use of the comical video game character Donkey Kong provides comic relief but the phrase itself has greater or more significance than simply its on.
Many people incorrectly assume the phrase's origins are from various movies in which it is used but term was popularized by rapper Ice Cube when he used the phrase in the song "Now I gotta Wet'cha" off his Predator album in 1992. It is unknown at this time whether Ice Cube was the person that originally coined the phrase.
Many people incorrectly assume the phrase's origins are from various movies in which it is used but term was popularized by rapper Ice Cube when he used the phrase in the song "Now I gotta Wet'cha" off his Predator album in 1992. It is unknown at this time whether Ice Cube was the person that originally coined the phrase.
Friend: Yo dog, I just hooked up like 2 kegs and got all the honies from Alpha Epsilon Omega to come to the party you gotta check this shit there is like 4 girls to every 1 guy!
Me: Snap, Its on like donkey kong, nigga!
Me: Snap, Its on like donkey kong, nigga!
by BJ Penn July 12, 2006
Getting it on, not necessarily meaning sex, is taken from the popular TV show MXC. Mixed with the popular exclamatory saying, it's on like donkey kong, which shows you are pumped for whats ahead or shows a feeling of rivalry and challenge.
Did you see the way that mutha fucka looked at me? Oh imma get it on like donkey kong and kick his lily ass.
by jalepenofighter June 24, 2009
A phrase based on the old Atari video game, Donkey Kong wherein a gorilla throws barrels.
It's used to make a threat in jest- it adds levity and is obviously not a real threat by the way of its absolutely ridiculous nature.
After all, it's not like you're actually going to throw barrels at someone.
It's used to make a threat in jest- it adds levity and is obviously not a real threat by the way of its absolutely ridiculous nature.
After all, it's not like you're actually going to throw barrels at someone.
by bringing it on since 81 August 15, 2009