hand-to-mouth

Satisfying only one's immediate needs because of lack of money.

We were nearly broke at that time, and living hand-to-mouth.

by talk2me-JCH2 May 06, 2021

paraph

a fancy flourish after a signature

My brother's signature is easily recognizable by his gaudy paraph!

by talk2me-JCH2 July 19, 2022

Hippie minded

A person, or people who abandons conventional lifestyles to show their unhappiness with mainstream society. They try to live a freer and more natural lifestyle, one without restraints.

He is 75 years old and still wearing torn jeans, tie-dyed shirts and sandals. He was at Woodstock in '69 and is still very much 'Hippie minded' here in his senior years.

by talk2me-JCH2 September 23, 2022

prairie

A vacant lot where children play.

The kids are playing softball over in the prairie.

by talk2me-JCH2 June 03, 2022

smorzando

In a manner thats dying/fading out; fading out as at the end of music, as opposed to an abrupt ending.

How am I these days, you ask? Man, I'm living smorzando like most of us baby boomers!

by talk2me-JCH2 July 18, 2022

Bottle of smiles

A bottle of alcoholic beverage.

"I'm starting this weekend off with a 'bottle of smiles' and a liter of Pepsi!"

by talk2me-JCH2 June 11, 2017

buying the building

Paying/making your monthly rent payment; paying/making your monthly mortgage payment.

If I'm buying the building, then you pay all utilities and food! The ONLY way we can afford this pad.

by talk2me-JCH2 April 04, 2021