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Get the frenchie mug.hard-boiled slang for a burden or handicap, akin to an albatross around one's neck or a mark of shame
"A prison record is a handicap, a brass monkey perched from the back of every man we choose. If the man starts giving us trouble, we simply turn that brass monkey against him. If a man turns from us, we add a full-scale smear campaign to the handicap of his prison record, and the man is ruined for life. Society will accept a man with one brass monkey, like a prison record, but two? Never." "The Brass Monkey," I was a Communist for the FBI, air date 4-9-53
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Get the brass monkey mug.a dog whistle, or coded racial epithet, intended to galvanize white voters;
also, "strapping young buck," as used by Reagan;
the epithet “buck” has long been used to conjure the threatening image of a physically powerful black man, often one who defies white authority and who lusts for white women
also, "strapping young buck," as used by Reagan;
the epithet “buck” has long been used to conjure the threatening image of a physically powerful black man, often one who defies white authority and who lusts for white women
Reagan deliberately used Nixon's Southern strategy when he referred in a 1976 speech to strapping young bucks using public assistance to buy T-bone steak at the grocery store.
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Joe Friday: He’s raising the roof. Says he just got a call from the corner pocket. They’re leaning all over him. Says he’s tired of answering questions. Says we better come up with some of the answers for him.
The Big Mole - Dragnet (1950)
Deputy Chief Parks is only days away from occupying the “corner pocket"--the sixth-floor, Parker Center office of the chief of police.
David Dotson “The Right Stuff” August 10, 1997 LA Times
Joe Friday: He’s raising the roof. Says he just got a call from the corner pocket. They’re leaning all over him. Says he’s tired of answering questions. Says we better come up with some of the answers for him.
The Big Mole - Dragnet (1950)
Deputy Chief Parks is only days away from occupying the “corner pocket"--the sixth-floor, Parker Center office of the chief of police.
David Dotson “The Right Stuff” August 10, 1997 LA Times
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Get the corner pocket mug.1. a euphemism for hottie, used in the show "Arrested Development" by Lucille Bluth
2. a technique used in fellatio, sipping tea at regular intervals to warm the mouth
2. a technique used in fellatio, sipping tea at regular intervals to warm the mouth
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Get the hot tea mug.In psychology, one who lacks interests, but rather lives vicariously through others' enjoyments. Often seen in those with narcissistic personality disorder and those suffering post-narcissistic stress disorder, using others' reactions to determine if one should be satisfied. Betrays a pathological self-denial and codependency, perhaps resulting from a demanding parent in childhood.
He was indifferent to his own orgasms. Being a vampire, he was never satisfied until she came several times.
Vampire boyfriend: I'm only happy when you're happy.
General Sternwood in "The Big Sleep," of having to enjoy drinking only by watching others do so: "A nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy."
Vampire boyfriend: I'm only happy when you're happy.
General Sternwood in "The Big Sleep," of having to enjoy drinking only by watching others do so: "A nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy."
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