bubblegum machine

A law enforcement vehicle, specifically a cruiser or highway patrol car. From the shape of the old-style revolving lights that resemble old gumball vending machines. CB jargon.

Got a bubblegum machine knockin' on your back door (there is a cop car on your tail)

bubblegum machine by Dr. Badwrench November 26, 2006

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Texas Bubble Gum Machine

A state trooper's car, usually from the Lone Star State. The term became popularized in the film "Smokey and the Bandit."

We just passed a Texas Bubble Gum Machine at 100 Miles Per Hour.

Texas Bubble Gum Machine by T-Dog Jenkins February 24, 2005

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bubble gum machine

A Highway Patrol Officer, derived from when the siren on a HP car was a single strobe and looked like a bubble gum machine.

Looks like the bubble gum machine done hit the jackpot (He pulled someone over).

bubble gum machine by Pork King April 30, 2003

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A Booger In The Nose Of Progress

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.

"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

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"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress by Rok'n'rol Wannabe October 19, 2006

Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

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🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.

Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻

🤡🫵🏻 by Ubeenbamboozledson May 31, 2026

Word of the Day on June 1, 2026

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fogey

Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!

You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)

fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005

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Jarlic

Minced garlic in a jar

Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread

Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020

Word of the Day on May 30, 2026

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