sticky widget

(stik-EE widge-ET, likely American)

Contradiction or intellectual impasse. A corruption of the phrase sticky wicket, describing a tricky situation in the game of cricket. The substitution of widget for wicket suggests a substitution of a more familiar word given most Americans' ignorance of the game.

see also sticking point, widget.
Dick: "I wonder which holds greater cosmic import -- the ontology of giraffes or Polynesian linguistics."

Jane: "What a sticky widget. Let's go get some Burger King."
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schmo

Yiddish for an idiot or a cuckold. Essential loan word in New Yorkese English, along with all the other Yiddish insults. See also schmuck.
That schmo just took my spot and flipped me the bird. Jerk.
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cosmic import

(n.) The exaggerated value of an item or concept, especially from the perspective of others encountering a person's inflated ego. Many use the phrase derisively, belittling the concept and originator at once.
Frank's theory of mayonnaise elasticity, though labored over for years, resulted in no great cosmic import. Rather, he ended up in an est commune.
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voodoo

(lit.) Haitian religion combining Catholicism and West African-influenced animist beliefs.

(colloq.) Any strange ritual or behavior, especially one meant to do harm to another person. See also voodoo doll.
Darlene, angry that her hubby ran off with a waitress from a pachino parlor, made a voodoo doll of him in a B-rate movie sort of revenge.
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Harold and Maude

A cliche used to describe a couple in which one partner is significantly older than the other.

Taken from the title of a cult movie (1971, Hal Ashby) starring Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon. Intergenerational love affair between a 20 and 79 year old, culminating in an important life lesson. Has an excellent Cat Stevens soundtrack and stellar photographic/cinematic effects given the technology of the time. For many, the closing sequence (last 15 minutes) of the film qualifies as one of the best endings in modern film.
Man, that 85 year old widower and that bottle blonde are totally Harold and Maude!
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sampling

The art of traveling around a supermarket or warehouse club where free dood samples are offered. A person can make a tasty meal out of sampling depending on his or her talent. Try not to linger or appear too often at a particular sample station. Also, beware of salsa samples as others may have double dipped the salsa.
Velma: I'm'a on a diet, Shirl. I don't eat fudge bars anymore.

Shirl: They're setting out samples.

Velma: Oh, and let's try the pigs in a poke
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Daria

Women's name, feminine version of Darius. Recently, character on and title of MTV's Daria. A highly sarcastic, socially isolated, but extremely cool woman I'd like to meet (if she were real.)
Man, you and your sister are totally like Daria and Quinn!
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