50 definitions by D.S. Credito
when a faucet is kept open as slightly as possible, so that as few as five droplets of water per minute are released. This preventative measure is taken by tenants and homeowners during the wintertime, to keep the water supply flowing and avoid pipes bursting in subfreezing temperatures. During the coldest months of the year, apartment landlords often advise tenants to leave their faucets on a steady drip, which over an eight hour period may add up to a mere five cents in water costs.
Bobby didn't want to leave his faucets on steady drip, thinking he'd have a lower water bill this winter. The pipes at his apartment burst open, and now his landlord is holding him responsible for the damages.
by D.S. Credito February 22, 2015
When going out in L.A., you're lucky if you don't have to pay to pee. Therefore, it shouldn't come as a surprise when nature calls and a sidewalk shitter starts doing his business out in the open.
by D.S. Credito March 1, 2015
refers to human skin that has never before received tattoo ink or any other form of permanent cosmetics. Sometimes also called virgin skin.
The process of healing a tattoo is expected to be somewhat different for first-timers with new skin, who might not heal as quickly as a tattoo addict whose body is already familiar with the ink.
by D.S. Credito April 16, 2015
Once upon a time, Aerosmith was a real hard rock band. But since the 1990s, they've just been putting out album after album of ballad salads.
by D.S. Credito March 13, 2015
to eighty-six a pregnancy is to medically terminate it, taken from the name of the "abortion drug" RU-486.
A woman might eighty-six a fetus in the earliest weeks of being pregnant, with the help of a health care provider who can administer a brief series of oral dosages.
Eighty-sixing is normally done only up until a point when a pregnancy is so far along that a surgical procedure is needed in order to abort.
A woman might eighty-six a fetus in the earliest weeks of being pregnant, with the help of a health care provider who can administer a brief series of oral dosages.
Eighty-sixing is normally done only up until a point when a pregnancy is so far along that a surgical procedure is needed in order to abort.
Jenny: I just came up positive on this pregnancy test. It was just a one night stand. I'm gonna eighty-six it.
Eric: Yo, Kevin. You're lucky Jenny eight-six'd it after your fling at the lake last summer. Otherwise you would've been stuck paying child support.
Eric: Yo, Kevin. You're lucky Jenny eight-six'd it after your fling at the lake last summer. Otherwise you would've been stuck paying child support.
by D.S. Credito September 27, 2014
usually refers to the storage of a stringed instrument (i.e. guitar, violin). When resting, a stringed instrument kept within a case in the playing position may stay in tune more effectively, since its parts will have less adjusting to do when the instrument is being played.
Guitarists should keep their instruments in a hard case, storing it long-ways in the playing position so that the instrument looks just like it would if it were being held and played.
by D.S. Credito March 9, 2015
A pun on "shit" and "kitchen", which can refer to a kitchen where diapers are disposed of, usually in smaller dwellings where the household's main waste bin is located in the kitchen.
Man, after all those dirty diapers it's time to take the trash out. Hard to cook dinner when it smells like a shitchen.
by D.S. Credito March 21, 2016