pull all the stops

1. v. i. To go balls out, put forth a great effort.
2. v. i. To take a risk, go out on a limb.
Pipe organs have little plungers called stops which control the volume. When the stops are pushed all the way in, the sound is very quiet. When pulled all the way out, the sound is very loud.

She pulled all the stops and cooked me a delicious candlelit dinner. Then she pulled all the stops and asked me if I thought she looked fat in that dress.

by fizzle April 22, 2004

stroused

stressed out
when you are stressing real bad. things are not going according to plan.. going from bad to worse with no sign of letting up.

joe: why u so quiet tonight mate?
finch: i'm stroused mate.. i had lunch with angeline today.
joe: and?
finch: she's late..
joe: late????
finch: late this month mate..this MONTH!
joe: oh... that... fuck mate! ur in for it.

by esther wandera August 20, 2006

pull yourself up by your boot straps

literally referring to what Abraham Lincoln (read a few law books he found in a junk barrel, then became a lawyer and later President of The United States and Booker T Washington (learned to read and write as a sailor's) actually did, this term means:

to legally work, or rather legally to nigger, one's way up the social ladder of one's society in one's zeitgeist using nothing but one's own blood, sweat, toil, common sense, education and street-smarts, and not relying on your country's social assistance/welfare system (provided of course you are able bodied and not mentally ill to the point of not being able to work)

son: I don't understand how Abraham Lincoln legally achieved what he did. He was born on a bloody farm.

father: Jordan, just stop blabbering and learn the meaning of the phrase to pull yourself up by your boot straps and you'll do just as well. Now good night.

by Sexydimma July 23, 2012

stroppy glimp

Stroppy means "grumpy" and glimp means "stupid", so this would be a grumpy and stupid person.

"fcuk ya then ya stroppy glimp,i will get em of ebay then" - actual quote from original context

by Reverend Beastly April 6, 2005

macaroni…with the ✨CHiCKeN STRiPs✨…😩

no definition needed. if you know you know.

“macaroni…with the ✨CHiCKen STRipS✨…😩

by Pelphang April 19, 2022

Stoops

Informal slang for stupid

Max: Hey Zach, your'e kinda stoops.
Zach: Well your'e retarded.

by Apermax July 8, 2016

pussy strips

Synonymous with "chicken strips." Unused area of rubber on the outside edges of motorcycle tires. They indicate that the rider is not using enough lean angle to use this area of the tire.

Look at the enormous pussy strips on that GSX-R1000! What a poser!

by Tom Shields September 8, 2008