rich rick's definitions

yoyo-ing

verb In basketball, keeping your dribble alive by simply standing in one place and bouncing the basketball. Made famous by legendary Los Angeles Lakers play-by-play announcer Chick Hearn.

And here comes Magic yoyo-ing up and down...

by rich rick May 20, 2010

perpetratin' the fraud

simply put: faking something!
real old skool hip-hop language :)

while you were over here perpetratin' the fraud
i was overseas on the charts with boy george
you're the beginner
shante's the winner

by rich rick January 1, 2009

pistol grippin'

a verb that means: packing and using a gun (aka packing heat!).

I already got enough on my mind to be stressin'
And now I can't even watch the news? It's depressing...
Them dudes lost their lives overseas pistol grippin'...

by rich rick August 6, 2009

off the schneid

Getting off the schneid means to end some kind of drought. It was popularized in sports commentary on television by Chris "Boomer" Berman of ESPN.

The Oakland Raiders started the season oh-and-six, but finally got off the schneid by beating the Seattle Seahawks.

by rich rick August 23, 2012

the 'rona

colloquial version to describe the illness that causes covid-19.

carlos couldn't make it to the appointment because he caught the 'rona.

by rich rick July 6, 2020

secret sauce

noun The sauce that Jack-in-the-box put on their burgers starting in the 1980s. It's the color of thousand island dressing. This "secret" was encouraged by Jack as a way to differentiate itself from the other fast food chains.

Um Fernando, a big drop of secret sauce just flew out of your sandwich and landed in your crotch.

by rich rick March 30, 2010

too big to fail

Excuse given by those supporting the wealthy establishment for why millions in taxpayer dollars should be given to large corporations to prevent them from defaulting.

Fake News made sure to drive the point home every few minutes that $10 billion needed to be given to Goldman Sachs because it is too big to fail (that is, so that their investors wouldn't take such a hard hit).

by rich rick July 22, 2011