The Return Of Light Joker's definitions

small fortune

a significant amount of money, especially more than expected

Don't pay a small fortune for dietary supplements that fail to deliver.

by The Return of Light Joker September 3, 2009

no-account

worthless, not having any merit

Get back to your dump, and take your no-account mutt with you.

by The Return of Light Joker June 8, 2009

in a state

1. upset, agitated

2. untidy and disheveled

I was in a state when the stack of movies fell on top of me.

by The Return of Light Joker August 26, 2010

jag

1. a drinking spree

2. any spree or spell

3. a Jaguar automobile

Don't waste your birthday by using it as a n excuse to go out on a jag.

by The Return of Light Joker November 7, 2010

meat and potatoes

the basic fundamentals of something, the point of something

It would be nice if they just got to the meat and potatoes, but I doubt they will.

by The Return of Light Joker November 24, 2011

ceiling

an upper limit to something

He proposed putting a 3 hour ceiling on gaming time.

by The Return of Light Joker April 6, 2009

Gridlock

a blockage of something (from the severe road traffic stalling situation)

The gridlock in Web traffic is due to the worm's payload.

by The Return of Light Joker January 29, 2010