volume

a capsule of the tranquilizer Diazepam(from Valium, the name it was marketed under)

Lay off those volumes. Your losing your focus.

by The Return of Light Joker April 13, 2008

no-frills

restricted to what is essential or with no ornamentation

A no-frills vacation package was reintroduced to consumers.

by The Return of Light Joker September 30, 2009

verbify

to derive a verb from an already existing noun

We don't need to verbify a word like bread.

by The Return of Light Joker March 04, 2012

dog-ear

to fold back the corner of a page in a book

For the last time, don't dog-ear my books.

by The Return of Light Joker December 29, 2007

keel over

to fall, collapse (from the image of a ship careening so that the keel is raised)

He looks like he could keel over at any minute.

by The Return of Light Joker December 04, 2010

Vegetable garden

A place where comatose patients are kept.

He was lucky to come out of the Vegetable garden alive.

by The Return of Light Joker April 25, 2010

keep on a short leash

to keep someone under close control.

They better keep that bastard on a short leash from now on. (example of keep on a short leash)

by The Return of Light Joker January 25, 2011