asphalt

slang for asphalt concrete

With the change in seasons, Chicago's asphalt is destabilized and prone to forming potholes.

by The Return of Light Joker April 02, 2008

in high cotton

well off, especially in terms of happiness or wealth(from the notion of a well developed high cotton crop that one would not need to bend over to pick, used in the Southern U.S. since the 1920)

He was in high cotton by the time he retired.

by The Return of Light Joker January 23, 2009

bracelets

a pair of handcuffs

You'll end up wearing bracelets if you don't watch what you get into.

by The Return of Light Joker April 10, 2010

jello

slang for a gelatin dessert (based on Jell-O, a common brand name of gelatin dessert)

If you want that jello, wait until after dinner time.

by The Return of Light Joker October 25, 2009

double-take

reacting belatedly when one finally realizes the significance of something

I initially didn't realize that she was talking about being a social worker but did a double-take when I grasped the statement.

by The Return of Light Joker July 30, 2010

Laughing gas

Nitrous oxid,e a gas used as a propellant, in engines, and as a drug

He had apparently had access to laughing gas and fell down after inhaling it.

by The Return of Light Joker April 20, 2010

pepper-belly

a Mexican, (derogatory, From the stereotype of Mexican food as having a large amount of chili peppers and the resulting racist presumption that Mexicans are overly fond of chili peppers)

A Fight broke out in the middle row of the audience when some southern guy called a Mexican American in the cast a Pepper-belly.

by The Return of Light Joker December 20, 2009