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birdseye lowdown

the essential facts, the straight dope.

Cut to the chase means what's the bottom line or conclusion.

"What's the birdseye lowdown?" is similar but also involves the key details.
Here's the birdseye lowdown on the Vig ...
by mandingoe September 22, 2004
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shanker

a primary sore or ulcer at the site of entry of a pathogen; the initial lesion of syphilis
also spelled chancre
Ewwww! You've got shankers on yer johnson!
by mandingoe July 16, 2003
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Hummer house

1. A ginormous house built on the site of a former site of a teardown that towers over its neighboring houses. Like the Hummer FUV, these houses appear to bully surrounding ones.

2. A McMansion characterized by its huge scale and cookie cutter design that embodies the Hummer “I got mine” lifestyle.
The neighbors torched the Hummer house being built by those arrogant SOBs.
by Mandingoe January 12, 2008
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pissing contest

1. a dispute that's a matter of one side's claims or bluster against the other's; a word feud; bickering; belly bumping. Contrary to some definitions, women are quite capable of(although usually less inclined to) "hold their own" in a pissing contest, which could morph into a shirt-shredding cat fight

2. many of the pointless definitions at this site that every one over the age of 8 already knows the meaning of
Liberal Conservative
Goth Prep
Pro-life Pro-Choice
Religion Atheist
ad nauseum in aeternum
by mandingoe June 8, 2004
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staircase wit

thinking of the right answer too late; the perfect, usually piercing, riposte that you conceive only when replaying a verbal exchange later in your head

from the French l'esprit d'escalier, the witty repartee you thought of as you're going downstairs to leave
My coworker Ann had taken to calling me "Markus", which I hate. I told her I hated it, and her response was,"It's a term of affection."

I muttered something like "Well it's not".

What I SHOULD have said:
Considering her name, "OK, to cement this 'affectionate' relationship, I'll call you An(n)us."
by Mandingoe July 14, 2004
mugGet the staircase witmug.

cratfight

an catty exchange among Democratic primary contenders.
He accused her of voting for the war. She cast him withering glance as a third candidate interjected about the importance of supporting the troops. The debate rapidly descended into a five-way cratfight.
by mandingoe March 2, 2007
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chunk it

Southern for chuck it

1. to discard

2. to toss
1 That hose is busted. We should just chunk it.

2. When your done with the twine, chunk it over here.
by mandingoe June 7, 2004
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