coell's definitions

ghettiquette

Socially acceptable behavior in the ghetto. Good manners in a bad neighborhood.

It is considered good ghettiquette to pour out the first drink of your forty to honor your dead homies.

It is considered bad ghettiquette to fuck up the rotation. Puff, puff, pass.

by Coell December 28, 2005

ridamndiculous

Inserting damn into the middle of ridiculous to emphasize the absurdity of something. Very silly or foolish, worthy of ridicule.

"Ree-damn-dick-you-luss"

Christianity is ridamndiculous.

by Coell December 30, 2005

hag along

Straight women who love gay men are called fag hags, so when these ladies follow the guys around and want to be their best friends, instead of being tag alongs, they are hag alongs.

"You guys are going to the Triangle? Can I hag along?"

"I use my hag along as a beard for Thanksgiving."

by Coell December 30, 2005

mark my words

Phrase said before or after a prediction or declaration to mean: "You should write down what I say (mentally or literally), because it will come true or be something unforgetable."

Usually said in warning or in a betting situation, so that you can win a wager or say I told you so later.

Intended to convey great conviction, as though your statement could be doubted or denied by others.

"Mark my words, that car will break down on the way there."

"If you go, mark my words, your stuff will be on the lawn when you get back."

"That marriage won't last a year; mark my words."

by Coell April 10, 2006

fair and square

Justly, precisely, or in an honest way and without any doubt.

We won the game fair and square.
She hit me fair and square on the nose.

by Coell March 15, 2006

square up

To settle a bill or debt. Square refers to the honesty of the deal, and up is the action of payment or performing the task.

To tighten the connections or correct the angles in a construction project, since squares are made of right angles at exactly ninety degrees, which is the majority of building connections and materials.

To confirm plans and reservations, straighten, or organize.

"When I come by tomorrow, I'll square up with you on the loan you gave me."

"If this drywall's gonna hang right, you better square up that door frame."

"I got my vacation all squared up."

"It's supposed to be in the seventies this weekend, so I'm gonna get the lawn squared up."

by Coell April 17, 2006

you better

Same as "you should", though it can be use for any subject (I, he, she, we, it, they). Implies advice or warning. Common in the southern US, this phrase has been shortened down from:

You would be better off if you...
You would be better to ...
You'd be better...
You'd better...
You better...

Sometimes as a threat, a person will mistakingly say "you had better...", but the correct uncontracted version is "would" not "had".

You better get started on that paper if it's gonna be done by Monday.

You better be in this house when the street lights come on.

You better put them trash cans up on the porch, so's the dogs ain't gettin in 'em.

by Coell April 17, 2006