Jon64Bailey's definitions

barbecue

Slang destroy by fire; burn; torch (slang sense) or an occasion for doing this

Hitler hosted many a book barbecue in Nazi Germany.

by Jon64Bailey July 30, 2011

boot

1. interjection get out of here!, beat it!, split!, vamoose!, scat!, scram! 2. bootleg (illegal) liquor 3. put a computer into operation from a powered-off state (also 'boot up')

The boys yelled "Boot, sister!" at the girl when she entered their clubhouse. Elliot Ness's Untouchables confiscated 5,000 cases of Canadian boot during a raid. This new software requires the machine be booted over again so as to install properly.

by Jon64Bailey January 14, 2008

fake the funk

to pretentiously act or appear productive or busy; to "go through the motions"

We need to fake the funk so the boss doesn't think we lack ambition.

by Jon64Bailey December 22, 2008

roll

Informal to make something at home; manufacture anything non-commercially (descended from the practice of rolling one's own paper-wrapped smoking instruments)

I don't buy store-bought spaghetti sauce: I roll my own from scratch.

by Jon64Bailey April 8, 2013

crackerjack

someone very skilled or proficient

John was a crackerjack of a mechanic: he could make a Mustang hum going in reverse.

by Jon64Bailey January 16, 2008

for Christ's sake!

Interjection of annoyance or anger, like dammit!, son-of-a-bitch!, etc.: much stronger than "for Pete's sake!"

Stop playing with those girlish toys and act
like a boy, for Christ's sake!

also "crissakes!" or "Christ sake!"

by Jon64Bailey January 6, 2009

Cam

California slang Camaro

In 1980's Novato, CA, guys at San Marin High drove "Maros" and guys at Novato High School drove "Cams".

by Jon64Bailey January 15, 2008