A harsher alternative meaning for "go with the flow."
Going with the flow implies just going with whatever happens.
Since lightning is so fast, deadly, etc., "riding the lightning" denotes a "fuck it all" mentality in which the person is so fed up, that they ultimately concede and just adapt or let themselves go to arbitrary circumstance, no matter how austere or violent it may be.
Going with the flow implies just going with whatever happens.
Since lightning is so fast, deadly, etc., "riding the lightning" denotes a "fuck it all" mentality in which the person is so fed up, that they ultimately concede and just adapt or let themselves go to arbitrary circumstance, no matter how austere or violent it may be.
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More commonly known as "Applejack", it is re-distilled cider (or hard cider, in the U.S.).
The process raises it's alchoholic content.
The name Jersey Lightning comes from colonial times, in which road workers in New Jersey would be paid in applejack.
The process raises it's alchoholic content.
The name Jersey Lightning comes from colonial times, in which road workers in New Jersey would be paid in applejack.
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Get the Lightning Vagina mug.1. European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song;
2. English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910);
3. Commonly used term denoting top-of-the-litter kind of woman, often with stunning physical features, great wit and extraordinary intelligence. Sometimes lacks somewhat in social skills. At times possesses erroneous belief in future with mismatched partner, a condition common during early adulthood, but easily rectified on introduction with new, better and more competitive partners.
2. English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910);
3. Commonly used term denoting top-of-the-litter kind of woman, often with stunning physical features, great wit and extraordinary intelligence. Sometimes lacks somewhat in social skills. At times possesses erroneous belief in future with mismatched partner, a condition common during early adulthood, but easily rectified on introduction with new, better and more competitive partners.
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Get the Nightingale mug.A form of insurance fraud, in which someone destroys or damages (most often by arson) their own property for the purpose of collecting insurance money. Called "Jewish" lightning because the Jews are stereotypically known as a cheap, cheating race.
"So apparently Goldsteinbergowitz's house caught on fire last week. With the insurance money he'll collect, he'll probably be able to buy an even bigger house!"
"Jewish lightning if I ever saw it."
"Jewish lightning if I ever saw it."
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Get the Jewish Lightning mug.Colloquial term for grain alcohol, made from corn in a moonshine still. This clear, illegal, and very potent beverage was a favorite in the Appalachian Mountains during US’s prohibition years.
I think I wanna taste that powerful stuff He took one g-g-glug and drank it right down And I heard him a moaning as he hit the ground Mighty, mighty leasin, pappy's corn squeezin' Whshhhoooh . . . white lightnin'
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