The Return of Light Joker's definitions

ask for it

to behave in a way that invites trouble

You ask for it with your attitude about the game.

by The Return of Light Joker October 21, 2008

jiggered

alcohol intoxicated, drunk (perhaps from jigger, shot glass)

He got jiggered after work.

by The Return of Light Joker January 21, 2009

lock

a certainty, such as of an outcome

That round of poker was a lock.

by The Return of Light Joker May 22, 2008

extra

1. a special edition of a news paper distributed upon the report of something unusual enough to merit it

2. someoene who is in a film as part of a large group/crowd or in the background

My mom once had a chance to be in a film as an extra.

by The Return of Light Joker June 14, 2008

ears are burning

to be the topic of a discussion somewhere else, or to sense this

My ears are burning and I feel like the people have the wrong idea.

by The Return of Light Joker July 7, 2011

nickle and dime

to drain in small increments

They tried to nickle and dime them after the accident but they tried to switch companies.

by The Return of Light Joker August 2, 2010

palooka

1. a poor or mediocre boxer

2. a large and stupid person, an oaf

That palooka couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag.

by The Return of Light Joker August 18, 2008