Bravo and Sierra are two of the military's words used to prevent misunderstandings in radio transmission. They stand for the letters B and S in the same way that Alpha means A and X-Ray means X.
Using "I call bravo sierra" is a more articulate and less crude way of saying "I call bullshit". It also can be a coded way of letting your friends know what you think while keeping the clueless out of the circle.
The phrase has been popularized by the XM Satellite radio team of Opie & Anthony.
Using "I call bravo sierra" is a more articulate and less crude way of saying "I call bullshit". It also can be a coded way of letting your friends know what you think while keeping the clueless out of the circle.
The phrase has been popularized by the XM Satellite radio team of Opie & Anthony.
Herbert: "I graduated Princeton with a 4.0 cumulative average."
Jimmy: "Did ya? I call bravo sierra."
Jimmy: "Did ya? I call bravo sierra."
by Chris Zizzo October 14, 2006
Get the I call bravo sierra mug.1. Another word for a bus, a passenger vehicle which carries many people.
2. A metaphor for society, which, like a bus, carries diverse people on their way to many destinations. This was the intent and meaning of the title of the television show "Omnibus", which told the stories of these people.
2. A metaphor for society, which, like a bus, carries diverse people on their way to many destinations. This was the intent and meaning of the title of the television show "Omnibus", which told the stories of these people.
1.) The word bus comes from the name of the horse drawn cart known as an omnibus. When it got an engine, it became an autobus. Then the name was shortened.
2.) This melting pot nation is an omnibus of the world's people.
2.) This melting pot nation is an omnibus of the world's people.
by Chris Zizzo September 13, 2006
Get the omnibus mug.Any male, would be super stud who acts out his after hours life as if he were a character in a game. Get high, get drunk, get laid, get in fights, jump over it all and begin again. Tomorrow, it's back to fixing drains or whatever it is you do.
Opie: Oh shit, there goes this evening. Larry just came in.
Jimmy: No man, it's fun to watch this Super Mario go through his act. Look he's already hitting on that girl at the bar while her boyfriend is watching the Yankees.
Jimmy: No man, it's fun to watch this Super Mario go through his act. Look he's already hitting on that girl at the bar while her boyfriend is watching the Yankees.
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Alternates are "Do ya?" or "Will ya?"
Alternates are "Do ya?" or "Will ya?"
Henry: "I've given up drinking."
Jimmy: "Did ya? I'll buy you a beer at Mulligan's and you can tell me all about it."
Horace: "I have an IQ of 133."
Jimmy: "Do ya? Then why is your shirt on backwards, stupid. Ha, you looked."
Headley: "When I die, I'm going to have my remains cremated and compressed into a diamond!"
Jimmy: "Will ya? It looks like the process has already started on your head, precious."
Jimmy: "Did ya? I'll buy you a beer at Mulligan's and you can tell me all about it."
Horace: "I have an IQ of 133."
Jimmy: "Do ya? Then why is your shirt on backwards, stupid. Ha, you looked."
Headley: "When I die, I'm going to have my remains cremated and compressed into a diamond!"
Jimmy: "Will ya? It looks like the process has already started on your head, precious."
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Get the Did ya? mug.In any physical work environment where workers wear tool belts and occasionally remove them, this phrase is a call to arms (or to re-arm).
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Get the tool up mug.Leaving one's seminal discharge on the clothing or body of another, particularly in public. The tadpole image is conjured by the swimming sperm cells.
These guys on Boston's Red Line were jacking off in crowded morning rush-hour trains and tadpoling all the women in their business clothes.
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Now that Donald Trump has alienated all but the most radical elements of his base, it is likely he will be a Presidential one-termer.
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