Definitions by VAKI5

pick up the tab 

To pay for the bill; to take the check, usually at the end of a meal.

Every time I have dinner with Chris, he always makes me pick up the tab.

pick up the tab by VAKI5 May 14, 2005

pissing into the wind 

Engaging in a pointless activity; something futile.

Trying to prevent world hunger is just pissing into the wind.

pissing into the wind by VAKI5 May 14, 2005

Oðblgshezi 

Also known as corriculum, is the name of a "language" consisting of English written with the digits of a calculator. You type in a number and then turn the calculator upside down to see the word. In order to make use of all ten digits, I persuaded the Anglo-Saxon letter eth (ð) to return from retirement to stand in for 'TH'. For instance:
SHIBBOLETH (SHIBBOLEð) 937088145

Here are the 10 letters of Oðblgshezi:
I 1
Z 2
E 3
H (h) 4
S 5
G 6
L 7
B 8
TH (ð) 9
O 0

HOE - 304
Hello - 0.7734
Hi - 14

Oðblgshezi by VAKI5 May 14, 2005

throw in the towel 

To quit.

This phrase comes from boxing. When a boxer is too beat up to continue, his coach throws a towel into the ring to signal that the fight is over.

1) The company threw in the towel after losing all of its major customers.

2) Mike 'Boom Boom' DeNola threw in the towel after three rounds. He'll probably have to spend a few days in the hospital, followed by a long convalescence in Miami.

throw in the towel by VAKI5 May 14, 2005

tickle the ivories 

To play the piano.

When you 'tickle' something, you touch it lightly. 'Ivories' refers to the white keys on the piano, which used to be made from ivory.

Uncle George tickled the ivories all night long.

tickle the ivories by VAKI5 May 14, 2005

afro pick 

A large comb used by people with afro or very curly hair.

'Pick' is slang for 'comb', and 'afro' refers to dense, curly hair.

1) Whose afro pick is this?

2) Man, that's a nice afro pick.

afro pick by VAKI5 May 14, 2005

tapped out 

1.Out of money; penniless.

A 'tap' is what you use to make liquid flow from its source. 'Tapped out' means that there is nothing left to flow.


2.Tired, exhausted.

When 'tapped out' is used to describe a person, it means that the person has no more energy to spend of flow.

1) I'm tapped out, so I can't go to the movies tonight.

2) After working all day, I was tapped out.

tapped out by VAKI5 May 14, 2005