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on the shelf

if someone, especially a woman, is on the shelf, they are not married and people now believe they are too old to get married I was afraid.
my daughter would never find a husband, that she'd be left on the shelf.
by Langfreak October 4, 2016
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front shelf disease

the inability to see something right in front of you
-where the hell is the peanut butter?
-right in front of you
-FUCK front shelf disease
by Geoff January 2, 2006
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Shole Weat Bread

Carson is a fucking retard.

Whole Wheat Bread spelled incorrectly.
Guy 1: While you're at the store can you grab some Shole Weat Bread?
Guy 2: Yes, do you mean Whole Wheat Bread?
by king_Maria November 30, 2019
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Top-shelfing

The sport of taking off the porcelain lid of the toilet tank and pooping in the tank of the toilet, thus causing the toilet's owner many days of dirty flushing and unexplained stench.
Top-shelfing

Example 1:
"Dude, I heard you got fired last week...sorry to hear that."
"That's OK man, I top-shelfed them before I left."

Example 2:
"Damn, Jimmy your apartment stinks!"
"Did Sarah top-shelf you when you broke up with her?"
by Jimmy-Buckets May 30, 2009
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shollocks

An exclamation combining the words "shite" and "bollocks." Often used in anger.
"Shollocks! I've lost my keys"
by Onikage October 6, 2006
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THE Shelf

The female gluteal fold that shows itself when wearing a pair of fine ass jorts. (Underass equivalent of the underboob).
Yo, me and my bros, Eddie, Wood, and Buddy were opening up a set around Budapest on independence day and popped from 6 to midnight from all the shelf milling about.
by Jesty25 August 24, 2015
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Shelf Esteem

When a person fills their book shelf with trendy novels, reference books, and/or classic literature to make themselves feel better about their base level of knowledge. Also refers to someone talking about a book they just read in a way which seems as if they had read it years before to make themselves sound well-read.
"That guy had the complete works of Shakespeare, 10 or 15 New York Times best sellers, and the Encyclopedia Brittanica 2009 Edition on his shelf. That guy has some serious shelf esteem problems."

"I was about to join one of those book of the month clubs you always see on TV, but then I grew some shelf esteem."

You: "Like that scene in the Da Vinci code...."

Someone Else: "Dude, buy yourself a 12th grade education level and get yourself some decent shelf esteem."
by Backoftheclass101 November 20, 2010
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