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On the Dime 

Descriptive phrase that usually refers to a person, but could also be in reference to place or thing. A positive, complimentary phrase meaning something is cool, cutting edge, intelligent, or otherwise in the know. Stems from the idea that most people don't know which president is on the dime, so those who do are pretty hip.

Similar to knowing "what time it is!"
1.) "Yo, that girl is on the dime! You gotta introduce me some time!"

2.) "That club used to be on the dime, but no one goes there any more."

3.) "Anyone who's on the dime will tell you that my band rocks the house every night!"
On the Dime by Cyro113 May 24, 2012
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Doing it on the dime

You: Are you heading to the meeting?
Me: No, I'm doing it on the dime.

Scrape the Dime 

The act of doing anything gangsta or hyphy.
Damn, She's scrapin' the dame!

Scrape that dime dude!

Scrape the dime homie!
Scrape the Dime by Hxcacoustix August 2, 2007

Beating the dime 

A prison slang for a person who jacks off looking at women.
Dude was beating the dime on her.
Beating the dime by Gotaday May 29, 2017

stroked the baddest dime 

to fuck stroke the toughest women dime
"stroked the baddest dime"

song lyric from What's It Like by Everheart
(1994)

the five and dime 

The cities of the immediate East San Francisco Bay Area, familiarly known as "the East Bay," which are serviced by the 510 area code. The most notable of these are Oakland and Berkeley, CA however 510 includes every city which touches the San Francisco Bay from Berkeley in the North down to Fremont in the South and includes other inlying cities such as Castro Valley and Piedmont. Some older user of the term (35+ yrs of age) also consider the further inlying cities of Contra Costa County (area code 925) as inclusive, since prior to the 1990's 510 covered that area as well, however it predominant use today is referencing just the Alameda County cities currently serviced by 510. The area code 510 translates as: 5 = five, 10 = dime, hence the name "the five & dime."
"We hail from the five and dime."

"He's one of those bridge and tunnel folk from the five and dime." (something a San Francisco native might say)

dime in the rough 

A decently attractive female with an exceptional personality and/or qualities.
She may not be the hottest chick around, but she is fun to chill with and gives dome very often. She's a dime in the rough.

She's basically a diamond in the rough, but in terms of a girlfriend/fuck buddy.
dime in the rough by Jay-Killa April 27, 2014