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"Slow-down your shutter, your overlaoding me" ("Tsamtsem, ata lo ba-li tov" in Hebrew) 

Originated from contemporary spoken Hebrew, it defines a situation where an agitated person, most probably with a splitting head-ache, hang-over or before his first morning cofee, is asking another to calm down, don't use verbose sentences, speak slower or not to overload his aching head with issues that requires listening, thinking or focusing.

This phrase, originating from a leading Israeli comedy show, is well curved in contemporary spoken language and it means (in a free translation): - "slow down your shutter, your "homing in" on me in an overloading manner".

Gesture-aware people most often accompany this phrase with an overdramatic facial expression of a person abrupting his 1-hour sleep after having an awful hang-over, by some woody-allen style geek who lightens up the room and asking him if he read about the new star names EL-12141 reently discovered in our solar system.
You have just broken up with your girlfriend, and you have a splitting headache after a long night of non-fruitful pick-up bar road-show, and you have just been awaken your MBA roomate who opens your room windows wide, turns on the music loudly, and tells you in a patronizing voice "look at you, I am going to take care of you. Do you want me to prepare you an organic Soya drink? and then, we can practice some Yoga, and then..."

You then bluntly, with a suffering voice, eyes half-shut,your right hand blocking the rude sunlight coming from the windows, looking at him and, right before falling asleep again, saying "Tsamtsem, ata lo ba-li-tov".
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down-low brotha

when a black person is hiding that he is gay

This term can be commonly found in prison.
There is a black man and he is having sexual intercourse's with another male. Then he tries to cover up the truth about him being gay, and no one will find out.That is what a down-low brotha means
down-low brotha by turbo 1 dart April 17, 2009

The down lowest 

A term coined by correctional psychiatrists in Chicago, IL to describe the practice of middle-aged, closeted gay men of lower socioeconomic status (SES) who cruise local forest preserves, pausing to back their cars into parking spaces while listening to Polish Club Music before generating powerful pheromones which are detectable by the desperate at a distance of 5Km.
This behavior contrasts that of their uncloseted, high SES brethren who are only shamed by secret yearnings to wear a cardigan and their inability to travel comfortably in a domestic vehicle. These high SES anglers troll the waters of art gallery openings and liberal fundraising events with strict size/bag limits, though self-tanning fume intoxication and association with bands whose names end with “!” have been documented as factors contributing to intermittent quality plunges in partner choice.
H: "Dr. Smith lost it all after they put that kiddie porn charge on him. They seized his assets, the trophy wife left, and now he's driving a Pinto."

L: "Is he in denial concerning his sexual identity?"

H: "Naw, he just made the transition from the down low to the down lowest."

L: "With that car, you should counsel him on the dangers of rear-end collisions."

H: "You're so concrete."
The down lowest by sophiataavi December 18, 2012

down lowboy 

A guy who acts straight but occasionally likes to get his dick sucked by a dude.
Hey man that girl looks wet but daaamn look at that big dick down lowboy.
down lowboy by Rayne229 October 20, 2008

Down Low Lurker 

A man on the DL who lurks around public restrooms, parks, truck stops, porn stores, the locker room and shower at the gym, etc. looking for some random stranger(s) to have sex with.
I hate going to the gym on Thursdays after work. There’s this creepy DL Lurker who always seems to be hanging around in the shower or wandering the locker room in a towel.

I swear to God, her boyfriend is a down low lurker. I see him hanging around by the library bathroom three nights a week.

Down Low Brother 

A married man who turns into a bisexual by having anal sex with men outside of his marriage.
Alex got married and a year later turned into a down low brother.
Down Low Brother by Nancy Wilson October 2, 2007

upside down longjohn

when you hang upside down from a stripper pole and masterbate
i did an upside down longjohn in the firestation last night