coell's definitions

check-raise

(v) In poker, if you have a great hand but worry that if you bet, nobody will call -- you check through and wait for someone to assume you missed too. When they bet to scare you off, you raise them, resulting in a larger pot.

Check-raising only works if you're first to act and you're the only person who made a hand.

by Coell May 14, 2005

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

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

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

amigo

Motorized shopping carts to carry and assist the elderly and disabled in grocery stores.

Some GILF in an amigo swooped in and grabbed the last jar of Jack's Special Salsa.

by Coell December 28, 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 18, 2006

freeroll

A poker game or tournament with no entry fee, usually for a sponsored prize or satellite seat into a larger tournament.

"There's a freeroll at 3:00, you cheap bastard."

by Coell May 14, 2005