on fire

doing very well

While you people bicker over details, other countries are on fire in the education department.

by The Return of Light Joker June 18, 2011

sawed-off

short in stature

This sawed-off bastard was just asking for trouble with the law.

by The Return of Light Joker May 31, 2011

bathtub gin

liquor made in one's own home (because during prohibition they filled the favored bottles at the bathtub instead of the kitchen sink, can be applied to more than gin)

I wouldn't be caught dead drinking that bathtub gin.

by The Return of Light Joker February 16, 2009

Where the rubber meets the road

where the action is most immediate, such as the place where a plan is put in motion (from the place where a vehicles tires make contact with the pavement)

If she can tell where the rubber meets the road, she's in.

by The Return of Light Joker November 05, 2009

nerf

to make something in a videogame less desirable

I started to grow tired of Pokémon when they nerfed the attack system. (example of nerf)

by The Return of Light Joker January 14, 2010

jerry-rigged

patched or cobbled together (a blend of jerry-built, meaning carelessly or awkwardly built and jury-rigged)

The jerry-rigged monitor only lasted three days before it stopped functioning permanantly.

by The Return of Light Joker April 10, 2009

Bolivian marching powder

cocaine

Bolivian marching powder ruined his life

by The Return of Light Joker April 28, 2011