The Return of Light Joker 's definitions

ashcan

1. a depth charge

2. a powerful cylindrical firecracker

You'd better watch out for that ashcan, 'cause it's bad medicine.

by The Return of Light Joker May 6, 2011

crickets

absolute silence (said of communication, from the cinematic metaphor)

All the school got from showing the add to the students was crickets.

by The Return of Light Joker April 19, 2011

not break a sweat

to do something with ease

We went all the way from here to there and I did not break a sweat.

by The Return of Light Joker July 9, 2010

hoosegow

a prison, a jail (from Juzgao, an early Mexican Spanish word for a tribunal court)

He almost went to the hoosegow when the police confused him with someone who was suspected of a crime.

by The Return of Light Joker January 4, 2009

if it ain't broke don't fix it

do not try to repair it if it is not needed

As far as phones go, if it ain't broke don't fix it.

by The Return of Light Joker June 15, 2010

inside job

an offense done to an organization by someone within it

The security breach was an inside job.

by The Return of Light Joker October 18, 2008

butterfly

someone who moves aimlessly between groups,

occupations, interests, etc.

She was a butterfly as a kid.

by The Return of Light Joker August 11, 2010