Turned out to be a giraffe

When a person pretends to be someone much more valuable than who he really is

- Let's call John to the party tomorrow! His family's rich, he's nice, and he makes a ton of money. so he might bring an expensive present.
- No need to bother about John, he turned out to be a giraffe
- Oh, seems like he is not that successful and rich after all

by mithyard June 24, 2021

turn you on to

Phrase from the seventies meaning to introduce a person to something new or interesting or "cool" that is totally new to their experience.

Yeah man, glad I could turn you on to some Thai stick finally. Pretty fucking...uh...I forgot what I was going to say...

by Cathalasaurus September 23, 2017

Subtly turned into

An inconspicuous way of saying that you had an epiphany and now realize that your significant other has become so attractive, cool, funny, etc., to you, that they have evolved to near celebrity crush levels. This is comparable to stating that they are a "Unicorn." This also implies that you have known this individual for a long enough period of time to fall in love or believe you could fall in love with this person. Unicorn CelebrityCrush LoveCelebrity Epiphany Bae

Dave : Dude I was just talking to Summer yesterday she Subtly turned into Taylor Swift on me. She's been my girl next door since like.. 6th grade!
Tyler: No way!? What are you gonna do?
Dave: I just might propose!

by Classic_Mannn02 October 11, 2015

Z-Turn

A transliteration from Chinese buzzword 折腾 (zhe teng), which means "to be tormented by endless turning left and turning right and turning left and turning right", "to be tormented by endless going back and forth", or figuratively, "to be tormented by toing and froing", "to piss people around".

Don't Z-turn! Let's keep it simple!

by More New Words August 26, 2022

eyes turn red

flmaingo referenc?!??!?!?!?
also used in roleplays

person1: EYES TURN RED 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
person2: NO PLEAS DONT KIL MI

by chiaki is real, she is me April 20, 2024

Turn Them Off The Idea

To turn someone off an idea when it’s so horrendously bad by explaining their own idea to them.

Ben Watts: I'm turn them off the idea.
Riley Stokes: I love Bunnies!
Ben Watts: That doesn’t mean you need to breed them!

by Tahyari January 28, 2022

Carolina Turn

Verb: the action or rather inaction of predominantly North Carolina Residents in coming to an absurdly complete stop before making a left or right turn, causing am abrupt line of traffic behind them.

Fuck, really? This douche bag is making a Carolina Turn and now I've gotta slam on my brakes.

by Tennessee1775 May 27, 2022