waiting with baited breath

What a cat does by eating cheese and then hiding silently near a mouse-hole for a furry varmint to come out looking for da source of da delicious aroma.

Garfield is shown to easily catch multiple mice --- i.e., one underneath each foot --- without even trying very hard, and so it's possible dat he was "waiting with baited breath", and so da mice just flocked to him. Or of course, it could also merely be dat said speedy specimens of omnivorous opportunity have learned by now dat said tubby tabby never actually eats da mice he catches or otherwise harms them in any way, and so they are less watchful 'n' wary around Jon's house than they might be in other people's domiciles where da resident felines actually may hunt said rodents for real.

by QuacksO February 26, 2024

dead souls waiting room

An alienating experience conditioned by having been enforced to live contrary to ones nature.

'Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75 but continue to exist in the Dead Souls Waiting Room'.
Benjamin Franklin.

by fishyfishy-oh October 30, 2013

Kept you waiting huh?

When Big Boss doesn't give a shit about you and places you at the bottom of his list of priorities.

Person 1: "Dude, where the fuck is the boss? This dude is going to start a damn war!!"
Person 2: "He probably has more important shit to do".
Snake: "Kept you waiting huh?"
Person 1: *facepalm* "Yes. Yes you did".

by Rangaslayer September 20, 2017

call waiting face off

If you're on the phone with someone, and someone else calls, they enter a call waiting face off. The loser obviously being the one you tell you'll call back.

A: "Hey, hold on. I got another call."
B: "'k. (Goddamnit, I'm in a call waiting face off)"
--line-switch--
A: "Sorry about that, I was on the other line."
C: "It's ok. (Fuck... call waiting face off.)"
A: "Hold on a sec, 'k?"
C: "Sure. (SUCK IT, I WIN!)"
--line-switch--
A: "Hey man, I gotta call you back."
B: "Alright, see ya. (Fuck, I lost.)"

by Garret February 3, 2005

Myspace Waiting Period

The three-day period in which you wait before adding someone on myspace who you have just met.

I knew that Christina had a myspace, but i've never met her. I just met her today so I have to wait out the myspace waiting period.

by Kavoen October 27, 2007

Stall Waiting

When you realize that you and your neighbor have
finished using the bathroom at the same time so you delay exiting the stall a few seconds to avoid
any uncomfortable eye contact or "excuse me"s while leaving the stall.
Wait period is usually until the person reaches the buffer zone of
the sink, where all normal social etiquettes are re-activated.

"Hmm...Bob and I just flushed at the same time. I better wait a few seconds so I don't run into him."

by Mark Nemec August 6, 2004

gods waiting room

Slang term for the state of Florida. It refers to the high number of retirees living there.

My grandma moved down to Gods waiting room

by jjjk July 28, 2006