abruptly ending financial contributions; to financially ostracize; the stopping of monetary flow. Often used as a serious warning in a quid pro quo situation.
phrase; idiom
The first recorded usage of the viral phrase 'turning off the faucets' was in 2024 by Nevin Shapiro during a Momentum Podcast episode. “I said Coach, if that kid don’t see the field I’m turning off the faucets”, for the purpose of clearly and definitively communicating to Larry Coker, that all funding to the Miami Hurricane football program will immediately come to a halt if he didn’t start then freshman Devin “Hurricane” Hester for subsequent games of the 2003 season. It’s an effective way for one to convey the gravity and seriousness of a situation involving money in a not so subtle yet sophisticated manner.
phrase; idiom
The first recorded usage of the viral phrase 'turning off the faucets' was in 2024 by Nevin Shapiro during a Momentum Podcast episode. “I said Coach, if that kid don’t see the field I’m turning off the faucets”, for the purpose of clearly and definitively communicating to Larry Coker, that all funding to the Miami Hurricane football program will immediately come to a halt if he didn’t start then freshman Devin “Hurricane” Hester for subsequent games of the 2003 season. It’s an effective way for one to convey the gravity and seriousness of a situation involving money in a not so subtle yet sophisticated manner.
"If you don't meet the deadline, I'm turning off the faucets on this project."
“If you don’t have a 3.5 GPA by the end of the semester I’m turning off the faucets!”
“Bro she broke up with you as soon as you turned the faucets off, she's a gold digger!”
“If you don’t have a 3.5 GPA by the end of the semester I’m turning off the faucets!”
“Bro she broke up with you as soon as you turned the faucets off, she's a gold digger!”
by NCAA_D1 June 13, 2024
When a person is cool or fun to be around most of a time, but occasionally will turn on his or her douche faucet and the doucheness will just flow out without stopping.
Chris: Dude, we were at "the party" and Joey just totally turned on his douche faucet, pushed me in the pool, called Connor a fatty, paid in pennies for 18 bags of chips at the store, then mugged a chinese immigrant, molested a three year old, and punched a mexican prostitute in the face!
Nik: What a douche faucet!
Geoff: I think Joey's douche faucet is taped down in the "on" position.
Nik: What a douche faucet!
Geoff: I think Joey's douche faucet is taped down in the "on" position.
by Always 777 December 12, 2011