giraffe-o's definitions

roadtrip leapfrog

On a driving trip - continually passing or getting passed by the same cars.

I limit the pitstops I take when I'm on a long drive, so I don't have to keep playing roadtrip leapfrog with the same douchebag drivers.

by giraffe-o September 2, 2014

texas grandparent

Someone who is expendable in a crisis, who can be sacrificed for the greater good. Based on the request from Texas Republicans to let old people die, during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, so young people can go back to work.

“If we have an apocalypse, I’m throwing you to the zombies like a Texas grandparent.”

by giraffe-o March 25, 2020

exploded ham

Another term for bacon bits.

Wrap that there pig up in some dynamite, I want me some exploded ham.

by giraffe-o May 31, 2007

first monkey in space

Trying or experimenting with something new - on a grand scale with high risks and potential for epic failure or even disaster.

“Live streaming my rockclimbing trip is gonna be like the first monkey in space for me.”

by giraffe-o July 12, 2018

newscandy

Insufficient morsels of news meted out by journalists of TV and radio. Often simply a headline and one paragraph's worth word-count, so that they can pile on as many little anecdotes as possible between traffic reports, witty banter, and advertisements, and repeat them every half hour for the short-attention span crowd.

Watching CNN Headline News is pretty much just getting newscandy.

by giraffe-o May 18, 2006

ham sandwich

slang in police lexicon, meaning an untainted handgun a corrupt cop will have ready to plant on a suspect they've shot. Prevalent in New Orleans culture, during the militant state in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (seen on PBS' Frontline)

My partner used to carry around a ham sandwich to pin on some poor fucker they might shoot down.

by giraffe-o August 26, 2010

danish giraffe

A person you are utterly dismissive, disrespectful, of scornful of, to the point you don't care if they live or are killed for being 'genetically unsuitable'. References the Copenhagen Zoo's controversial practice of culling their stable of healthy giraffes, by slaughtering them in front of schoolchildren.

Damn, son - you're a cold-hearted S.O.B., dissing your bae like a danish giraffe.

by giraffe-o February 27, 2017