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stiletto in the ghetto

Popular expression in Dublin, Ireland for the piece of commemorative art set up to mark the passing of the second millennium CE: a steel spike approximately 400 feet high, rising out of a traffic island in the centre of the dual thoroughfare of O'Connell Street on the north bank of the Liffey. It is circular in cross section, ten feet across at the base and decorated near street level with wavy frosted/reflective shapes, tapering to about ten inches at the tip, lit with a ring of red lights halfway up and a stream of white ones at the top. It takes the place of a removed statue of the figure of Anna Livia (female symbol of the River Liffey) in a fountain, previously known as the "floozie in the jacuzzi." The Spike is also known as the Spike on the Dike and/or the Stiffey on the Liffey. It is popularly supposed to be a monument to the street's night-time heroin addicts, although an alternative explanation would be that it is a symbolic memo spike for Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Aherne's hotel bills. In case anyone tries flying a jetliner into it a la 9/11, it is purely a metal spike, not an inhabited building; there isn't even a public elevator and observation deck like there is on the Eiffel Tower, or anything. Still, in a certain summer evening light it can have a certain surreal charm.
The stiletto in the ghetto isn't bad, but I think the crane they used to haul it up looked waaay better.
by Fearman December 10, 2007
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Stifle

A not too common phrase, frequently used by Archie Bunker on "All in the Family," usually directed to his wife, Edith. A more modern translation would be a simple "shut up." this is one of the many famous catchphrases and taglines used by Archie Bunker. Another popular one would be the nickname he gave his son inlaw: Meathead.
Edith: Oh, Archie!!! Let me tell you....
Archie: Edith, stifle yourself.
by poppolo July 1, 2010
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Stiles Street Snake

A large gang, quickly growing in number in the Northeastern section of Philadelphia. It is someone who currently or formally resided on Stiles Street. Once a Stiles Street Snake always a Stiles Street Snake. They are called a snake because they are sneaky and can't be trusted by anyone who is not a fellow snake. People have been know to "snake" a Stiles Street Snake, those people have never been seen again. Stiles Street Snakes are involved in all types of illegal activity from, prostitution all the way to drug trafficking .Stiles Street Snakes ride and die for each other. One of the most dangerous gangs in the United States. The gang sign is usually made with their hands to for a "S". Stiles Street Snakes can be shortened to S³.
Those Stiles Street Snakes are crazy and ruthless, no one should dare mess with them!
by Fellow Snake April 2, 2011
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ghetto staple

When you have no staples so you find a paper that is already stapled and you take off that staple and staple it by hand to your new paper.
Fuck i dont have staples... Looks like i have to ghetto staple this. Where is my other paper that is stapled?
by FastHandz September 4, 2009
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