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A hypothetical form of the game badminton where the players actually have some skill. Used in insults. A synonym of goodminton.
Ryan: "Hit the damned shuttlecock already!"
Greg: "Ok, here goes. I'm going to whack the 'cock!"
Ryan: "That's what she said!"
(Greg whiffs)
Ryan: "Nice one."
Greg: "I meant to do that. Ok, here goes for real. This 'cock is headed straight for your face!"
Ryan: "That's what he said!"
(Greg hits it right into the net)
Ryan: "You know, this game was just called minton before you started playing it."
Greg: "Ok, here goes. I'm going to whack the 'cock!"
Ryan: "That's what she said!"
(Greg whiffs)
Ryan: "Nice one."
Greg: "I meant to do that. Ok, here goes for real. This 'cock is headed straight for your face!"
Ryan: "That's what he said!"
(Greg hits it right into the net)
Ryan: "You know, this game was just called minton before you started playing it."
by Nicholas D March 10, 2009
Get the minton mug.A country term referring to a period of time roughly equal to 10-15 years, but really just means a long time. Similar to coon's age.
(From "The Waterboy")
Mama: "Why you home so early, my precious angel?"
Bobby Boucher: "Mama, somethin' bad
happened today."
Mama: "Somebody hurt you, my boy? Who hurt
you? You tell Mama who hurt you."
Bobby Boucher: "Nobody, Mama. It's just that...I lost my position as the team's
water distribution engineer."
Mama: "Why, that's the best news I've heard in a dog's age. Now you be able to spend your days at home where you belong."
Mama: "Why you home so early, my precious angel?"
Bobby Boucher: "Mama, somethin' bad
happened today."
Mama: "Somebody hurt you, my boy? Who hurt
you? You tell Mama who hurt you."
Bobby Boucher: "Nobody, Mama. It's just that...I lost my position as the team's
water distribution engineer."
Mama: "Why, that's the best news I've heard in a dog's age. Now you be able to spend your days at home where you belong."
by Nicholas D March 17, 2009
Get the dog's age mug.An unhealthy obsession with the iPhone game Angry Birds. The disease is named as such because "irritable fowl" has a meaning similar to that of "angry bird."
Boss: "Hey Joe, would you mind stepping into my office? I think we need to have a little talk."
Joe: "Sure, what is it?"
Boss: "That was your third half-hour trip to the bathroom today and it's only 1:30. What's going on?"
Joe: "Unfortunately I suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome. We had chili for dinner last night, and it really hasn't been sitting well with me today."
Boss: "Hmm...well I asked some of your coworkers about it and they mentioned hearing sounds of chirps and snorts coming from one of the stalls on several occasions. It's Irritable Fowl Syndrome you're really suffering from, isn't it?"
Joe: "All right, I admit it! I can't stop playing Angry Birds!"
Boss: "Well lucky for you, you'll have plenty of time to chase those golden eggs during your unemployment!"
Joe: "Sure, what is it?"
Boss: "That was your third half-hour trip to the bathroom today and it's only 1:30. What's going on?"
Joe: "Unfortunately I suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome. We had chili for dinner last night, and it really hasn't been sitting well with me today."
Boss: "Hmm...well I asked some of your coworkers about it and they mentioned hearing sounds of chirps and snorts coming from one of the stalls on several occasions. It's Irritable Fowl Syndrome you're really suffering from, isn't it?"
Joe: "All right, I admit it! I can't stop playing Angry Birds!"
Boss: "Well lucky for you, you'll have plenty of time to chase those golden eggs during your unemployment!"
by Nicholas D December 11, 2010
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Guy 1: Sup bro, how was the weekend?
Guy 2: Not great, had a mad case of tetanus.
Guy 1: Oh shit, did you step on a rusty nail?
Guy 2: No, I went over to Trinh’s house for Vietnamese New Year and went overboard on the five fruit tray. It ran through me like a hot knife through butter.
Guy 1: Oh yeah that’ll do it.
Guy 2: Not great, had a mad case of tetanus.
Guy 1: Oh shit, did you step on a rusty nail?
Guy 2: No, I went over to Trinh’s house for Vietnamese New Year and went overboard on the five fruit tray. It ran through me like a hot knife through butter.
Guy 1: Oh yeah that’ll do it.
by Nicholas D December 16, 2022
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Joe: "Dog, you best put the cap on that kitchen cleaner!"
Joe: "Dog, you best put the cap on that kitchen cleaner!"
by Nicholas D October 6, 2003
Get the put the cap on the kitchen cleaner mug.1) Less ghetto version of holla back, meaning to respond to a person at an unspecified later time.
2) To return to your country roots after a period of city living, as in Lost Trailers' song "Holler Back" ("holler" is a country term for a valley, a bastardized version of "hollow").
2) To return to your country roots after a period of city living, as in Lost Trailers' song "Holler Back" ("holler" is a country term for a valley, a bastardized version of "hollow").
"If you wanna go on back to the holler, holler back!" -Lost Trailers
After the fifth time Judd had to blow a homeless guy for coke to keep him going through an all-nighter at his terrible I-banking job in New York, he couldn't take it anymore. The next day he packed up his stuff, took a dump on his boss's desk, and hollered back to become a farmer outside his hometown of West Shitville, Oklahoma.
After the fifth time Judd had to blow a homeless guy for coke to keep him going through an all-nighter at his terrible I-banking job in New York, he couldn't take it anymore. The next day he packed up his stuff, took a dump on his boss's desk, and hollered back to become a farmer outside his hometown of West Shitville, Oklahoma.
by Nicholas D July 3, 2008
Get the holler back mug.Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon. In the period of near-zero interest rates that lasted from roughly 2008-2021, cash was cheap and many people - especially large tech companies - were throwing away money on silly things. Those things went away in 2022 and are now known as ZIRPs.
Googler 1: “Arrrgh I can’t fix this bug! Can you call the office fluffer down here to help get my mind off this for a bit?”
Googler 2: “Sorry chief, they got rid of the fluffers in ‘22. Just like the dog spa and the corporate Segways. Those were all ZIRPs, bud. Welcome to the age of austerity.”
Googler 2: “Sorry chief, they got rid of the fluffers in ‘22. Just like the dog spa and the corporate Segways. Those were all ZIRPs, bud. Welcome to the age of austerity.”
by Nicholas D March 24, 2024
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