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get a word in edgewise

To manage to say something during a conversation (usually in the negative)
They were too distracted to let me get a word in edgewise.
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When the people at Urban Dictionary hate you, despite your word perfectly fitting on the website.
Guy: OMG URBAN DICTIONARY EMAILED ME!
Email: A few volunteer editors read your definition and decided to not publish it. Don't take it personally!
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by Milky Dash November 25, 2016
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A Wank of Engineers

A collective noun to describe a group of more than 3 engineers in one place. Similar to a herd of Elephants or a murder of Crows.
"I work in a building with a wank of engineers"
by Gizmo_Cakka May 20, 2010
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A phrase strongly stating that you do not wish, nor desire to oblige the current situation that is presented towards you.
Cult Leader: hey man, can you video tape me in my basement with my uhhh.. nephew?
Man: I'm not touching that with a 20 foot pole and a 40 foot extension
by bulletface April 20, 2015
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Austin: you know what they say, "When in Rome, don't wash your dick or a volcano may erupt and kill you."

Jacob: Yea man, totally, that is what they say.
by Dr.Write March 25, 2020
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A chicken for every pot to piss in

Although a seemingly harmless and fun mash-up of two phrases (Herbert Hoover's campaign promise of prosperity "A chicken in every pot" and it's counterpart phrase, "He/she doesn't have a pot to piss in" meaning the poor bastard/bastardette is beyond broke), this phrase actually refers to those who will put a chicken in a pot for no good reason other than to urinate on the postmortem bird (sometimes referred to as "Chissing").
In a perfect world, Pierre Michel would have a chicken for every pot to piss in just so he wouldn't be alone in his deviance working the graveyard shift at the chicken restaurant.
by The Somnambulist & Fast Reggie December 15, 2013
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