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odd couple

an extremely mismatched pair of people, an extremely unlikely team or pair of people (from the name of play popularized by movie)
Ellen and Adam are quite the odd couple.
by The Return of Light Joker April 11, 2008
mugGet the odd couplemug.

Ameche

a telephone (dated, from actor Don Ameche, who starred in an early film about Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telphone)
The Ameche rang off the hook.
mugGet the Amechemug.

water buffalo

1. a water storage tank

2. to vomit (worse than to yak)
The water buffalo had to be heated manually to get the water to flow.
by The Return of Light Joker December 10, 2010
mugGet the water buffalomug.

up in arms

The teachers were up in arms over the scandal.
by The Return of Light Joker March 29, 2009
mugGet the up in armsmug.

ungodly

They almost triggered a flame war with their ungodly rants.
by The Return of Light Joker January 11, 2009
mugGet the ungodlymug.

bells and whistles

features that add to the appearance of something but do not make it function any better
If you want bells and whistles you should go to the other aisle.
by The Return of Light Joker November 6, 2009
mugGet the bells and whistlesmug.

off-the-shelf

readily available form retail sources
No more off-the-shelf water filters for me.
mugGet the off-the-shelfmug.

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