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Let's see, I make €400 a week after tax. Rent is €100, food is €50, gas is €50, insurance is €150 all told, electricity is €75...crap, negative income! Better cut back on something.
by Rhodoferax July 27, 2010
Get the negative incomemug. A skateboarding trick in which the skater bends his/her legs and body to one side and grabs the bottom of the board.
So called because from the front or back, the skater's pose is a similar shape to the country or Japan.
So called because from the front or back, the skater's pose is a similar shape to the country or Japan.
by Rhodoferax November 5, 2008
Get the japanmug. In medicine, a common disease presenting with unusual symptoms. Also applies to a patient with symptoms common to several diseases in which the first diagnosis is of a rare or obscure disease, when the truth is a more mundane disorder.
The term was popularised by Scrubs.
Derived from the axiom "When you hear hoofbeats, think 'horses', not 'zebras'.
The term was popularised by Scrubs.
Derived from the axiom "When you hear hoofbeats, think 'horses', not 'zebras'.
If a patient presents with vomiting, dairrhoea, and fever, West Nile Virus is a zebra; they're more likely to have enteropathogenic E. coli infection.
by Rhodoferax October 24, 2008
Get the zebramug. The dramatic events and controversy that follow a surprising, important change, statement, or revelation.
Derived from the name for the radioactive particles that fall from the sky for some time after a nuclear explosion.
Derived from the name for the radioactive particles that fall from the sky for some time after a nuclear explosion.
After the prime minister revealed he had been working alongside the banks in actions which precipitated the current economic crisis, there was massive fallout which resulted in a general election.
The president and cabinet were forced to resign due to the fallout after an insider leaked secret files to WikiLeaks.
The president and cabinet were forced to resign due to the fallout after an insider leaked secret files to WikiLeaks.
by Rhodoferax January 13, 2011
Get the falloutmug. Stands for Pay As You Earn.
1: A form of taxation where tax is deducted from your paycheque before you even get it.
2: In Celtic Tiger Ireland, a term of derision for people who do proper work for reasonable pay, instead of making silly money trading in stocks or property or doing weird things with money involving multiple bank accounts and mortgages.
1: A form of taxation where tax is deducted from your paycheque before you even get it.
2: In Celtic Tiger Ireland, a term of derision for people who do proper work for reasonable pay, instead of making silly money trading in stocks or property or doing weird things with money involving multiple bank accounts and mortgages.
by Rhodoferax November 12, 2012
Get the PAYEmug. A blonde gets into an elevator and sighs "TGIF!"
The brunette already in the elevator shakes her head and says "SHIT".
The blonde says, slowly and carefully, "T.G.I.F."
The brunette insistently says "S.H.I.T."
The blonde says "TGIF stands for 'Thank goodness it's Friday, you idiot!"
The brunette responds "I know. SHIT stands for 'sorry honey, it's Thursday'."
The brunette already in the elevator shakes her head and says "SHIT".
The blonde says, slowly and carefully, "T.G.I.F."
The brunette insistently says "S.H.I.T."
The blonde says "TGIF stands for 'Thank goodness it's Friday, you idiot!"
The brunette responds "I know. SHIT stands for 'sorry honey, it's Thursday'."
by Rhodoferax November 14, 2013
Get the SHITmug. A mildly derisory term, generally used by college students, for one who is still in school. More specifically, one who still has to wear a school uniform.
by Rhodoferax May 4, 2010
Get the oikmug.