by No-0ne-actually October 12, 2020
A verb meaning failure to meet expectations. When said the short part is often a higher tone then the rest of the phrase.
by margery stewart baxter April 26, 2012
1) To exert much effort but still fail miserably
2) Fall short of a goal
3) To get busted, caught red handed
2) Fall short of a goal
3) To get busted, caught red handed
1) It took him years to save all that money only to get it all stolen. That's what he gets for hiding all that cash in his house instead of putting it in the back. What a way to come up short!
2) He was banging this married chick. They were at her house fucking and her husband came home. Her husband was a cop! That guy came up short.
2) He was banging this married chick. They were at her house fucking and her husband came home. Her husband was a cop! That guy came up short.
by NLL November 11, 2005
Rob: Dude where were you last night?
Dave: Sorry man ... I was busy coming up short
Rob: You did Marissa?! isn't she only like 4'11"?
Dave: 4'10" actually.
Dave: Sorry man ... I was busy coming up short
Rob: You did Marissa?! isn't she only like 4'11"?
Dave: 4'10" actually.
by robbitthehobbit July 16, 2009
That annoying scenario when you're wanking to a great porno, a good scene comes on, and decide now is the time to go for it. So you get to the vinegar strokes......only for the scene, at that crucial moment, to cut to a far better, hornier one! Thus missing out on an even more intense knee-trembler.
It's one of life's great disappointments.
It's one of life's great disappointments.
by joz8968 May 13, 2018
2. I saw Muamar Gadhafi at a NASCAR competition, wearing a Charlie Daniels Band T-shirt and a pair of cutoffs. I was so shocked, it was like seeing a souped up short bus.
by The Fourth Man in the Tub March 7, 2011