Stop the pendulum's definitions

do what you gotta do

1. To do something you don't want others to know about or what you shouldn't be doing, e.g., selling illicit drugs, assaulting others. A code phrase for being involved with some criminal activity.

2. To associate with people your friends and family regard as undesirable or beneath your dignity.

3. To take care of important business.

1. You gotta do what you gotta do to survive because there are no jobs available.

2. I know my friends think my boyfriend's no good, but I'm doing what I gotta do.

3. I'm doing what I gotta do to get something to eat.

by Stop the Pendulum April 16, 2006

Media Whore

A so-called journalist or pundit who mindlessly parrots the Republican party line and/or sucks up to the Bush administration, at the expense of the truth and objectivity.

You can't trust Fox News. They're all a gang of media whores.

by Stop the Pendulum May 28, 2006

TWA

Trouble With Authority. Said of a chronically rebellious person.

This kid is said to have ODD, or Oppositional Defiant Disorder. That's just a fancy-schmancy way of saying the brat has TWA!

by Stop the Pendulum November 22, 2006

nip

A nickname for catnip.

I had to use some nip to get the cat to use his scratching post.

by Stop the Pendulum April 9, 2006

mouse trap

A cat, kitty, puddy, etc., that meows, purrs, and can be a pain in the ass sometimes.

Boots, my mouse trap, caught two mice within two hours of my bringing him home.

Why buy that spring contraption that only squashes your fingers when you can get a real mouse trap--Kitty?

by Stop the Pendulum May 30, 2005

steel bodyguard

A legally purchased revolver or pistol, typically used for self-defense at home or away.

A woman who lives alone in a rough neighborhood ought to have a steel bodyguard if she can't trust the human variety.

by Stop the pendulum April 4, 2006

self-hatred

Bigotry against members of one's own race, gender, religion, etc.

What's the deal with all these wiggers? It seems like Eminem started a new fad among young whites: self-hatred.

by Stop the Pendulum September 2, 2005