grandfathered in

To include a subject in some sort of plan or policy under old rules, terms and/or conditions, usually because new regulations may exclude said subject. After a rule change, new rules and regulations apply to new members (the new rules could in fact say "no new members"), unless the members were "grandfathered in" (e.g. old, existing subjects who became members before the rule change), in which case, the old rules still apply.

Learnthespanish.com began charging a fee of $5.00 per month starting in November of last year. Members who established accounts on their websites before then however, were grandfathered in, which means that they can continue to use their services for free.

by Tatertoot July 27, 2016

cher's grandmother

A butt ugly man.

Man Mel's new boyfriend gone a Cher's grandmother!

by Dmarsha September 19, 2023

Cherokee Grandmother Syndrome

Claiming one has some distant Native American ancestor in order to sound more exotic or interesting when in fact no such Native American ancestor exists.

This practice is also relatively common by some American celebrities and personalities.

Larry: "And my great-great grandmother was part Choctaw and Apache."

Bob: "Larry, that's BS, your paternal grandparents where German immigrants and your maternal grandparents were Irish immigrants. You sound like you have a case of Cherokee Grandmother Syndrome."

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James: "Hey did you hear Elizabeth Warren is 1/32nd Cherokee?"

Dustin: "Pff, yeah sure man"

by TheDrummer1 September 8, 2012

grandfathering

To allow a subject to continue to function under an old rule, plan or policy, even after changes to that rule, plan or policy has been made. The change to the rule, plan or policy may include the abolishment of the rule, plan or policy itself.

DuJour Cellular is phasing out the ABC cell phone plan soon, but they're grandfathering members with existing ABC plan subscriptions. Grandfathered ABC plan subscribers can continue to use their old plans, but new subscriptions will not be allowed.

by Tatertoot July 27, 2016

Hubert's Grandmother

The sexiest human being ever. Quite attractive but kind of takes things too fast. She usually tells Hubert that 'somebody at du phone 4 u'. She has a relationship with Hubert's friends Tin Nooyin. She is extremely hot and is kind of a slag. She usually spends days out and sleeps elsewhere. She is rude but honest. And She hates Ichibon Sushi.

Person 1: Hubert told me his grandmother gave him some special favours when she saw his good grades.
Person 2: Dang, Hubert's Grandmother is hot.

by Dwinter Glik June 11, 2018

Grandfauxther

Grandma's live-in boyfriend.

My son loves his Grandfauxther like he was family.

by Moish Bookbinder April 15, 2015

grandmother

any kindly, sweet old woman who will happily boost your self-esteem and write you letters and love you. tends to know lots of neat old songs and obscure, off-color jokes. generally much cooler and less scary than one's actual mother.

be nice to your grandmother- or you'll wind up in hell.

by dagger_grrl February 20, 2004