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light the puck

v.t. Canadian 1. To instruct to excess; to highlight features that are already abundantly clear; to be overly didactic. Derived from the "FoxTrax" hockey puck (colloquially also called the glow puck, smart puck, laser puck, Fox Puck, or super puck): a specialized ice hockey puck with internal electronics that allowed its position to be tracked. Designed for NHL telecasts on the Fox television network, the highlighted puck dramatically displayed a trail on-screen when the puck accelerated. In 1994, Fox won a contract to broadcast NHL games in the United States. A common complaint among uninitiated viewers was that the puck was difficult to follow visually on the ice. Thus, FoxTrax was created to remedy the problem. The glowing puck was first used during the 1996 NHL All-Star Game. It was last used during the first game of the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals. Life-long hockey fans found the phenomenon distracting and well-nigh insulting. It remains an object of derision.
"I like Downton Abbey, but they really light the puck on the societal change 'thing'. Like, I get it—there was an impassable social hierarchy."

"I think the professor showed some personal animosity in his lectures—he can totally light up the puck on the whole 'the Serbs are a warlike people' notion. Like, I get it—we need to limit immigration."

"I wanted to say to her, 'Enough already with the parabens!' She was really lighting up the puck. I mean, the puck was practically glowing, over here."
by Thrilla_Dilla January 13, 2014
mugGet the light the puckmug.

red lights

red lights r so overrated. just wack sex
by xbellasc November 18, 2020
mugGet the red lightsmug.

Light Skin

Light skins are people who wanna get mad about people saying the n word when they are half white and one of their parents is the reason why racism is a thing.
Any other Race besides Blacks and Light Skins:Wassup my n*gga
Light Skins:What you are so racist OMG

Dark Skins: Its cool
by SomeRandomPersonYouDontCareAbt October 21, 2020
mugGet the Light Skinmug.

Diarrhea Christmas Lights

Explosive pixel squirts filled with colorful bytes & chunks that a video game uses to blind us.
The dragon’s maw twas lit enough due to the incoming inferno without need of copious lasers; oh how the diarrhea Christmas lights distract me so.
by 2nd string, 2nd fret March 31, 2020
mugGet the Diarrhea Christmas Lightsmug.

light up the bush

This is military slang for pouring fire into a plant covered area by, small arms, artillery or air strikes.
The Captain ordered the fire team to light up the bush!
by I, Wreckerrr February 5, 2017
mugGet the light up the bushmug.

light green

"i got some light green in my pockets."
by joe May 1, 2004
mugGet the light greenmug.

Light show

n. the dazzling display put on by someone wearing a lot of expensive, well-cut, flashy jewelry...fondly known in the hip-hop community asbling.
"As long as the VS bling, look at that light show..."
~ 50 Cent
by BlingMiss March 10, 2005
mugGet the Light showmug.

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