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
Get the turning off the faucetsmug. Refers to the noisy whooshy spluttering in your pipes when turning on a spigot, often heard when doing so for the first time after having the water turned back on, and so there is lots of accumulated/trapped air in the plumbing that has to be "exhausted".
I just about had a heart attack in first grade when the tap on the sink in the boy's room started making loud popping and banging sounds --- and erratically spewing frothy water --- while I was washing my hands. Well, after all, what with my being only eight years old at the time, and with the washroom's echoey concrete walls and floor amplifying and distorting every little sound, it was only logical that I would have been terrified at this unexpected occurrence --- so much so, in fact, that I frantically called the Principal down to show him. He was totally understanding and sympathetic, gently explaining to me that there was nothing to fear; it was just faucet flatulence.
by QuacksO May 6, 2019
Get the faucet flatulencemug. My main bitch: hey hoe! How was he??
Me: oh gurlll! call me a slut but he turned into one leaky faucet
My main bitch: biiiiiiiiiitch!!
Me: oh gurlll! call me a slut but he turned into one leaky faucet
My main bitch: biiiiiiiiiitch!!
by agayhoe February 1, 2021
Get the Leaky faucetmug. by Philadelphia master February 23, 2025
Get the Philadelphia faucetmug. 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
Get the Douche Faucetmug.