The return of light Joker's definitions

zone out

1. to lose awareness of one's surroundings

2. to become drug intoxicated

I think I was about to zone out.

by The Return of Light Joker November 9, 2007

barb

1. a barbiturate drug

2. short for the name Barbara

a barb can produce a an alcohol like state of intoxication and is dangerously addictive.

by The Return of Light Joker March 16, 2008

run interference

to provide justification, protection, etc.

The older girl ran interference for their daughter while she set up the prank on their back porch. (example of run interference)

by The Return of Light Joker October 3, 2010

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

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 5, 2009

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