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Costello Glasses

Big thick rimmed black glasses that musician Elvis Costello famously wears.
That guys glasses are huge, the look like Costello's.

Those glasses make you look artsy, they're totally Elvis Costello Glasses
by dickwalsh February 1, 2009
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Iphone Glare

The look that appears on an iphone users face when they attempt to do the once relatively quick and painless task of sending a text message with their phone.
Classic example of the iphone glare:

Person 1: What are you so angry about?

Person 2: I'm just trying to send a fucking text on my fucking iphone but my fat fucking fingers keep hitting the wrong fucking tiny fucking letter and then the stupid fucking predictive text really fucks me over.
by lolololondon February 24, 2010
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Crap-tinted Glasses

An idiom for pessimism. In other words, the opposite of rose-tinted glasses.
Seeing as everyone sucks to much to give pessimism an idiom, the maker of the definition invented crap-tinted glasses.
by flashadams May 24, 2010
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corey glasses

Large oversized sunglasses, esp. in bright colours eg. yellow. Rose to fame following the media exploits of Narre Warren teen Corey Delaneyafter his wild myspace party
That guy looks like an idiot in his corey glasses
by gcsurfer March 2, 2008
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Wearing your glasses

To 'wear someones glasses' is get the better of somebody, or to one-up them. In other words, to pwn them. The usage is similar to the phrase 'wearing the pants' in a relationship.

It is most relevant when you're getting the better of somebody right in front of their face without them realising it. When you want to draw attention to the fact that you're pwning them, simply declare that you're 'wearing their glasses'.

If you're 'wearing your own glasses', that means that you've pwned yourself accidentally or absent-mindedly. (If you accidentally chopped off your hand while cooking, for example.)

The phrase comes from a Perry Bible Fellowship comic strip (entitled 'Q. P. Inc') where the protagonist attends a job interview for Quick People Incorporated and manages to dumbfound the interviewer by somehow stealing the glasses right off his face without him noticing.

"You're just telling me what I want to hear." - "Actually, I'm just wearing your glasses." - "... Welcome aboard."
1. Declaring that you're getting the better of somebody.

(Noticing that all the beer has gone) "HEY! Did you drink all my beer?"
(Drinking the last beer) "Actually, I'm just wearing your glasses."

2. Getting the better of yourself accidentally.

"Man, my back hurts. I was carrying some heavy boxes and I slipped and fell down a flight of stairs. I was really wearing my own glasses that day."

3. Getting bested by somebody else.

A) "I've finally finished this damn project, now I just have to save it."
B) "You haven't saved it yet?"
(A's baby brother pulls out the power cable.)
A) "Damn it!"
B) "Heh. Looks like your kid brother is wearing your glasses tonight."
by MrDees July 9, 2009
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glasses

Stuff that you put on your eyes that make you a real dork or real hot looking.
Bob is a computer geeks because he is wearing glasses.
Lizzie looks really hot with these glasses.
E-40 just looks cool with his glasses.
by Lil Duff 2008 June 17, 2008
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glasses

cool things worn on eyes to correct vision.
People think because I were glasses I am a geek.
I AM A GEEK AND PROUD OF IT!
by Holmesgurl October 1, 2003
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