white-collar

1. having to do with office workers

2. performed by people who work in offices

Thanks to computers, more than half of the work force was white-collar by the 1990s.

by The Return of Light Joker January 18, 2009

end of the line

the very end, the definite end

It was the end of the line for the urban farming experiment.

by The Return of Light Joker October 06, 2009

in the cards

likely to happen, probable (possibly from the cards used by fortune tellers)

Another win for the team is in the cards.

by The Return of Light Joker June 10, 2009

let fly

1. to throw or shoot

2. to launch vigorously into something

After loading their rifles they both let fly with them.

by The Return of Light Joker July 03, 2009

ass-backwards

1. moving backwards

2. hopelessly misguided, doing everything wrong

The way people are processing the information is totally ass-backwards.

by The Return of Light Joker December 19, 2011

reinvent the wheel

to needlessly duplicate the basics of a method

If we have the technology to clean up the atmosphere, why do we always try to reinvent the wheel?

by The Return of Light Joker July 05, 2010

mojo

1. personal magnetism

2. sex appeal

3. illegal drugs

Your mojo won't protect you from the ravages of the wilderness.

by The Return of Light Joker August 13, 2011