polo's definitions
a derogatory word for a Jewish person, or someone who is a miser or cheapskate (can also be spelled h-i-m-e).
by Polo November 11, 2003
Get the heimmug. "Never mind the Stratford Festival, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, or the Montreal Symphony!
Hockey Night in Canada was Canadian culture writ large."
- excerpt from the Pierre Berton book "1967"
Hockey Night in Canada was Canadian culture writ large."
- excerpt from the Pierre Berton book "1967"
by Polo July 23, 2007
Get the writ largemug. derived from an old children's adage "finders keepers, losers weepers",which basically asserts that anything found or discovered by someone automatically entitles them to ownership of that property.
"so that bag of money that fell off the armored car onto your front lawn...you gonna return it to the bank?"
"nope. finders keepers....so see you in Mexico!"
"nope. finders keepers....so see you in Mexico!"
by polo November 29, 2004
Get the finders keepersmug. aspects of a person which makes them attractive to the opposite sex.
for a girl, it's usually how she dresses or wears her hair or makeup.
for a guy, it can be good clothes, a nice watch, or even a flashy or sporty car.
for a girl, it's usually how she dresses or wears her hair or makeup.
for a guy, it can be good clothes, a nice watch, or even a flashy or sporty car.
when Tom moved into a building where there were mostly young single females, he decided to trade in his dodge caravan for a corvette.
by polo January 13, 2004
Get the mating colorsmug. an expression describing someone who imitates another person's actions, good or bad,simply by having watched them before.
"OMG did you about little Billy from down the street?? apparently he burned a house down...right here in the neighborhood!!"
"yeah, well his older brother used to do the same thing when he was around...monkey see monkey do I guess."
"yeah, well his older brother used to do the same thing when he was around...monkey see monkey do I guess."
by polo November 25, 2004
Get the monkey see monkey domug. metaphor pertaining to something of a fragile or volatile nature.
-from an old past-time of standing up playing cards together in the form of a house, this "structure" can fall apart at any time from the slightest action (e.g. an air current).
-from an old past-time of standing up playing cards together in the form of a house, this "structure" can fall apart at any time from the slightest action (e.g. an air current).
"We must plan this campaign implementing maximum precision, else it will disintegrate into a house of cards."
by Polo January 6, 2008
Get the house of cardsmug. a person who is narrow-minded or has limited knowledge or insight to anything outside his or her immediate life.
basically someone who lacks education or higher thought.
basically someone who lacks education or higher thought.
I tried to start a conversation about Hapsburg Europe with that hot looking babe at the party who is supposedly a history major.
turns out she's just another mental midget, since all she talked about was her ex boyfriend Diego and her Mary Kay cosmetics collection!
turns out she's just another mental midget, since all she talked about was her ex boyfriend Diego and her Mary Kay cosmetics collection!
by polo June 27, 2005
Get the mental midgetmug.