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drill down 

Term used by a worthless network news barbie or cable news bunny to describe a story's seriousness and imply the amount of resources the network will apply to its journalistic investigation.

The term is frequently used to imply that the "reporter" will get to the bottom of the story and then back to the viewers in order to feed their news rage.
studio news barbie:

"Great report Gina (news bunny on location)!"

We'll drill down into that story you're covering about Mr. and Mrs. Elephant's new baby and get back to you. Thanks.
drill down by dp916 November 25, 2010
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Drill Down 

"Drill Down" is a term used by computer systems people to describe the act of clicking with a computer mouse down through several levels of folders or drop-down menus to reach a specific file, application or folder etc.

The term is often used during instruction by hip sounding computer techs and quasi- computer instructors at computer program workshops. The term is especially popular amongst university types.
Jeff from Systems: "OK to reach the K drive you'll need to "Drill Down" from your desktop and double click on the K drive icon.
Drill Down by Dr. Zauis March 13, 2010

Drill Down 

A drill down is a marching compettion between you and the rest of the band. You stand at attention untill given instruction by the drum mayjor. You must follow the drum mayjor's exact comands. Sometimes commands will be given one right after another. If you fail to do so correctly you fall out of line and stand on the side at attention.
Band Ten Hut
It's time for a drill down
Band right face band left fac band left face band about face
Drill Down by Braxson July 30, 2007

Democratic Drill Down 

Nickname for the 2019 Impeachment Inquiry during which every last pathetic greed-driven and anti-American act will be exposed before the long-awaited ejection of Trumpadumphisass.
Many government thugs were known to be puking their guts out while awaiting their own testimonies at the televised Democratic Drill Down event since an upstate New York prison term and getting Paul Manafort or Michael Cohen as their bunkie could be on their well-heeled horizons.

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026