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A house that has obviously been bought, renovated, and is now being flipped. The obvious sign of a flip house is the myriad architectural elements that have been tacked on to give it character. An example: A 1950's brick ranch house. It will have a non-matching addition added onto the back. It will be painted "buff" or other neutral color to appeal to yuppies. They will tack on some cedar-shake siding so it has a Cape Cod look, and then some copper flashing so it has some Loire Valley feel, then some river-stone stonework around the foundation for that New England country feel, a couple of bogus columns that supposedly support the front stoop for that Old South look, and for the finale, a redwood pergola placed on the front of the house for that Pacific Northwest feel. Very, very tacky...and soooo very obvious.
Muffy: Oh Skip, what a charming neighborhood. All this old-time charm. I just love this cute, authentic mill village. How artsy!
Skip: Oh Muffy, you're so right! These quaint old neighborhoods are so rare nowadays. I love it!
Muffy: Oh no, Skip. What is that God-awful monstrosity??? Did it fall to earth from some other planet? It's twice the size of these other houses and it's taking up the whole damn yard. Gross. It's ruining the neighborhood.
Skip: Yeah...it's totally flippery. Let's go buy a condo instead.
Skip: Oh Muffy, you're so right! These quaint old neighborhoods are so rare nowadays. I love it!
Muffy: Oh no, Skip. What is that God-awful monstrosity??? Did it fall to earth from some other planet? It's twice the size of these other houses and it's taking up the whole damn yard. Gross. It's ruining the neighborhood.
Skip: Yeah...it's totally flippery. Let's go buy a condo instead.
by Greyborzoi August 18, 2008
Get the flippery mug.An adjective used to describe a house that has obviously been bought, renovated, and is now being flipped. The obvious sign of a flip house is the myriad architectural elements that have been tacked on to give it character. An example: A 1950's brick ranch house. It will have a non-matching addition added onto the back. It will be painted "buff" or other neutral color to appeal to yuppies. They will tack on some cedar-shake siding so it has a Cape Cod look, and then some copper flashing so it has some Loire Valley feel, then some river-stone stonework around the foundation for that New England country feel, a couple of bogus columns that supposedly support the front stoop for that Old South look, and for the finale, a redwood pergola placed on the front of the house for that Pacific Northwest feel. Very, very tacky...and soooo very obvious.
Muffy: Oh Skip, what a charming neighborhood. All this old-time charm. I just love this cute, authentic mill village. How artsy!
Skip: Oh Muffy, you're so right! These quaint old neighborhoods are so rare nowadays. I love it!
Muffy: Oh no, Skip. What is that God-awful monstrosity??? Did it fall to earth from some other planet? It's twice the size of these other houses and it's taking up the whole damn yard. Gross. It's ruining the neighborhood.
Skip: Yeah...it's totally flippery. Let's go buy a condo instead.
Skip: Oh Muffy, you're so right! These quaint old neighborhoods are so rare nowadays. I love it!
Muffy: Oh no, Skip. What is that God-awful monstrosity??? Did it fall to earth from some other planet? It's twice the size of these other houses and it's taking up the whole damn yard. Gross. It's ruining the neighborhood.
Skip: Yeah...it's totally flippery. Let's go buy a condo instead.
by Greyborzoi August 5, 2008
Get the flippery mug.When you're on vacation, and you'll pay way too much for something...something you'd never in a million years pay that much for if you were at home. This is the behavior of a vacationnaire.
Andrea: Look at this great necklace! It's made of seashells, and someone has strung them together with fishing line. How awesome! It's only $259.00!
David: Have you bumped your head? That's only worth about three dollars!
Andrea: As always, I will not listen to you. I'm buying it anyway.
David: My wife is a vacationnaire. See you in the poorhouse.
David: Have you bumped your head? That's only worth about three dollars!
Andrea: As always, I will not listen to you. I'm buying it anyway.
David: My wife is a vacationnaire. See you in the poorhouse.
by Greyborzoi June 13, 2008
Get the vacationnaire mug.George: "Where's Clint?"
Kevin: "He's not coming tonight. His girlfriend broke up with him, and he's at home mizzing about it".
David: "That sucks".
Kevin: "He's not coming tonight. His girlfriend broke up with him, and he's at home mizzing about it".
David: "That sucks".
by Greyborzoi May 8, 2008
Get the mizz mug.When someone works incredibly hard, but since they lack even the most basic skills, the product of their many hours of hard work is still crap. (I made up this word April 8, 2008)
Dingus: "I saw you had a bunch of illegal immigrants reroofing your house. Man, I hear those guys work their asses off."
Cleetus: "Yep, they worked their asses off, but they forgot to put tar-paper down, and the edges of the shingles aren't level. Now I have to hire someone that knows what they're doing. Damn illegals".
Lurleen: "Sounds like they put forth the MEXIMUM effort though...you have to hand it to them."
Also when a pro-immigration person says "Those immigrants, they work their asses off" and then I say "Yeah, but you could put a scalpel in my hand and I'd work my ass off in the operating room, but it'd still be a bloody mess and the patient would die". I put forth the MEXIMUM effort, but the finished product was crap.
Cleetus: "Yep, they worked their asses off, but they forgot to put tar-paper down, and the edges of the shingles aren't level. Now I have to hire someone that knows what they're doing. Damn illegals".
Lurleen: "Sounds like they put forth the MEXIMUM effort though...you have to hand it to them."
Also when a pro-immigration person says "Those immigrants, they work their asses off" and then I say "Yeah, but you could put a scalpel in my hand and I'd work my ass off in the operating room, but it'd still be a bloody mess and the patient would die". I put forth the MEXIMUM effort, but the finished product was crap.
by Greyborzoi April 9, 2008
Get the meximum mug.A "local" in a college town.
I tried to drive to the all-campus party at the Delta house, but all these darn emmets were clogging up the roads, most likely on their way to a hollerin' contest.
I got this word from "The Real Animal House" by Chris Miller, but is probably a common term.
I got this word from "The Real Animal House" by Chris Miller, but is probably a common term.
by Greyborzoi April 9, 2008
Get the emmet mug.When someone works incredibly hard, but since they lack even the most basic skills, the product of their many hours of hard work is still crap. (I made up this word April 8, 2008)
Dingus Flangdoodle: "I saw you had a bunch of illegal immigrants reroofing your house. Man, I hear those guys work their asses off."
Cleetus McFeeley: "Yep, they worked their asses off, but they forgot to put tar-paper down, and the edges of the shingles aren't level".
Lurleen Polliwog: "Sounds like they put forth the MEXIMUM effort though...you have to hand it to them."
Also when a pro-immigration person says "Those immigrants, they work their asses off" and then I say "Yeah, but you could put a scalpel in my hand and I'd work my ass off in the operating room, but it'd still be a bloody mess and the patient would die". I would be putting forth the Meximum effort though.
Cleetus McFeeley: "Yep, they worked their asses off, but they forgot to put tar-paper down, and the edges of the shingles aren't level".
Lurleen Polliwog: "Sounds like they put forth the MEXIMUM effort though...you have to hand it to them."
Also when a pro-immigration person says "Those immigrants, they work their asses off" and then I say "Yeah, but you could put a scalpel in my hand and I'd work my ass off in the operating room, but it'd still be a bloody mess and the patient would die". I would be putting forth the Meximum effort though.
by Greyborzoi April 8, 2008
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