horseshave

A horseshave is an unecessary project that is somewhat tedious, serves no real purpose except for face time, and is assigned to you by your boss. You don't try to get out of it, though, because it's fairly easy and it's overtime so you get paid extra for it. The word may have originated among former stablehands in Connecticut, the North Shore of Long Island, and Upstate New York, who when they had little to do were told by their bosses, "you can always go shave the horses."

Supervisor: "Sorry about all the 'horseshaves' I'm assigning this week--the Suits up in Albany are really on my case to make everyone look extra busy before the semiannual audit. At least you're getting paid extra."

Worker: "It's Ok, but it's hard for me to understand how the suits are going to be impressed by the fact that we've made four-color pie charts to document how many people here are using the decaf from the department vending machine."

by Original JB November 16, 2006

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

A phrase one can say meaning people should not criticize others for faults that they have themselves

Zach told me I had bad taste in music. I replied by telling him that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

by katie was here November 19, 2007

double horseshoe

The act of throwing a lipper all the way around your top and bottom lips.
Usually a very big waste of your dip!

Give me that can! I'll double horseshoe it and make you all look like pussies!

by Michael Danger June 6, 2008

honest to blog

A term that should be destroyed immediately. No explanation needed, just hearing makes you want to break something.

Honest to blog, don't fucking say it!

by 123_fake_street April 17, 2008

Honesty Box Bandit

Someone who writes mean remarks in multiple peoples' honesty boxes on face book. often these assumptions are false, and the remarks are ignored. The writer is also always obvious, and is there for hated because of these little rude remarks.

Honesty box bandit's work:

Honesty Box one: I hate you go die
Honesty box two: You have no friends
Honesty box three: no one likes you
etc...

(all written within a few seconds of each other)

by Kaybay January 3, 2008

to be completely honest

Filler phrase so you can quick come up with a random statement. Often followed by a very unthoughtful statement that the person did not in fact mean to say.

Other ways it can be used is if you are in fact trying to be honest.

1. To be completely honest, I really think you complain too much... Wait I didn't phrase that right!

2. Gavin-To be completely honest, saltwater is actually okay to drink large amounts of.

Mike-Actually that is false

Gavin-Well I guess it is a difference of opinion.

by M.F.Rogers June 30, 2009

Honesty

The act of being honest to people, God, and whoever else.

To tell the truth

Honesty is only the best policy, when lying is unnecessary.

by Loyalty 2.0 July 5, 2016