mandingoe's definitions

carry a torch

an old flame or crush that still burns many years later

Similar to 'torch song', a romantic song of heartbreak.

I still carry a torch for her fifteen years later. Even though we were only together for two weeks. Remembering her laughing eyes and all we said...
As all my thoughts of her pass 'fore my face a thousand times
The way they race my heart... I cannot say it all in lines

by mandingoe February 13, 2008

finance

v. To embezzle

From the Gaelic, to steal your neighbors eggs.

Andy Fastow was Enron's Chief Financial Officer.

by mandingoe April 13, 2004

snap out

to act out violently in a fit of anger or frustration

When she learned what he had done, she snapped out and destroyed all his posters.

by mandingoe May 18, 2004

404

webpage not at this address.
From internet error 404 - File Not Found

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
404

by mandingoe April 29, 2004

all over it

to dispatch with alacricity; to take care of with gusto

I'm all over it (finsihing that project)
As soon as they found the leftover cake, they were all over it

by mandingoe July 16, 2003

mongo

Anything salvaged from the trash.
Your trash is my urban treasure!

The night before trash day is mongo primetime.

My garden hose is a mongo score. It's in perfect condition!

by mandingoe July 8, 2004

budget

some one who wants more than what he paid for; a cheapskate

No wonder she call you a budget. You always lookin' to get something extra.

by Mandingoe May 26, 2004