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Definitions by narcszm

All Walks of Life 

Used by middle/upper class white folk to refer to a group of people outside of their social and economic status. Not necessarily a derogatory phrase, but often leveraged to invoke politeness or intentional ambiguity around the individuals to which they are referring.
Me: "What kind of people typically buy the Cadillac Escalade."
Cadillac Salesperson: "We get customers from all walks of life."
All Walks of Life by narcszm November 28, 2011

metric football 

What Americans call "soccer" and the rest of the world calls "football."

"Football" is shoulder pads, forward passes, and helmets.

"Metric football" is a bigger field and poor acting to convince the officials to show their red and yellow cards.
What are you watching?
Metric football.
Why?
Football season's over.
metric football by narcszm January 22, 2011

froglatin 

French are often referred to as "frogs." Thus, the French speak "froglatin"
What does "mais oui" mean?
It's froglatin for "of course."
froglatin by narcszm August 16, 2004