hang a u

make a u-turn

-I want to go home. Hang a U.
-This is an expressway. Niki Lauda couldn't manage a U-turn here

by ana von hindenburg January 07, 2012

uber nervous

very nervous, super nervous

"über" is German for over, beyond. It somehow found its way to the English language loosing the umlaut, however.

It's the first time the band will play a stadium gig, I bet they're uber nervous.

by ana von hindenburg March 19, 2011

rub it in his face

to point out someone's mistake or failure quite crudely

teacher one to teacher two:
-this dumb-ass failed the exam again, he's so not getting promoted, I'm gonna go and rub it in his face

by ana von hindenburg October 29, 2010

shot to hell

ruined, wasted

My computer just froze and I hadn't backup my data, three hours of writing a thousand-word term paper just shot to hell.

by ana von hindenburg November 16, 2010

get roped in

to get involved in a situation you have no interest in whatsoever, e.g when your two friends are quarrelling over something and they want you to take a side

-Dude, Bob and Craig are quarrelling about which one's pubes are curlier. We'd better duck out before we get roped in

by ana von hindenburg October 28, 2010

does the pope shit in a funny hat?

An answer to a question with an obvious yes.

It's a splice of two phrases
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Does the pope wear a funny hat?

Interviewer to a rock star:
-Have you had sex with groupies?
Rock star:
-does the pope shit in a funny hat?

by ana von hindenburg February 26, 2011

schadenfreude

Taking pleasure in somebody else's misfortune. From German,
also spelled shadenfreude

shrink to a patient:
-what did you feel when you found out that your successful brother had lost all his money in the stock market?
patient:
-schadenfreude

by ana von hindenburg February 25, 2011