pull up stakes

to depart, leave

Don't pull up stakes just yet. We need a map.

by The Return of Light Joker October 27, 2011

sawbuck

a 10$ bill (alludes to the shape of Roman numerals)

I thought I had a sawbuck, but I must have left it at home.

by The Return of Light Joker February 18, 2011

tat

a tattoo (especially a skin tattoo)

That is one ugly tat on his neck.

by The Return of Light Joker February 19, 2009

empty-nester

a person whose children have grown up and left

Don't mind her. She's an empty-nester.

by The Return of Light Joker June 14, 2009

vigorish

1. a charge made on bets by a casino or similar

establishment

2. interest on a loan, especially applied to loans made by

usurers or loan sharks

(from Yiddish, from Russian, Vyigrish "profits")

They nickle and dimed him to death with vigorish.

by The Return of Light Joker April 13, 2011

talking head

a reporter or other person appearing on TV news, who's face appears close up, and consequently appearing as a talking, bodiless head

That talking head is so boring.

by The Return of Light Joker January 27, 2008

spare tire

a bulge of fat around the waist

I've gotta get rid of this spare tire.

by The Return of Light Joker January 13, 2009