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1ml short of an inch

“1 ml short of an inch” is essentially a joke. Mixing millilitres (volume) with inches (length) gives this idiom an absurd, confused and humorous edge.

Close, but not quite there.

Almost there.

Someone who’s slightly off in thinking, in a funny or endearing way.

Someone that’s pulling the wool over your eyes.

Close but no cigar.

If you had brains you’d be dangerous.

If your balls weren’t in a bag you’d lose them.

It’s about almost having the full picture but missing the key piece that reveals the trick.

The swapped measurements between imperial and metric systems creates a sense of not only being short, but also being mismatched or confused in the attempt.
I followed the recipe exactly, except I swapped sugar to salt. Turns out I was 1ml short of an inch
by Feetnwojo August 9, 2025
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short doge

Someone who complains about being bored but also has dozens of things to watch from friends recommendations alone.
Friend: There’s nothing to do, I’m so bored.
Me: You could watch RWBY. Or Transformers Prime. Or The Clone Wars. Need I go on, you short doge?
by TonyStank15243 November 23, 2021
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Shit & Shorts

Verb - to watch short videos on social media while simultaneously sitting on the toilet & taking a shit

Origin - during times print media was prevalent , a shit & shorts was formerly equivalent to reader’s digesting, or taking a national geographic no. 2 , or otherwise to read a magazine while pooping 💩. The term evolved once the era of “tik-tok” had taken the world by storm, giving birth to a generation built on a “fake it till’ you make it” foundation and shared mindset
How long you going to be in there restroom bruh? You take long ass shit & shorts.

Shit & Shorts will make people forget to wipe their asses not realizing how much time when by on the toilet.

Sometimes at work , shit & shorts in the bathroom will the pass time.
by anonymous April 5, 2023
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Eat my shorts

A sexual thing if you a girl wants the D right now they may say “oh my god eat my shorts”
Person 1-“wanna fuck
Person2-“I don’t know
Person 1-“eat my shorts”
by Kagsldvkabdjd December 18, 2017
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yt shorts

a cheap tiktok knockoff that’s full of trash such as skibidi toilet and wednesday
sometimes yt shorts makes me want to snap my neck
by ZΣPH Ψ February 18, 2024
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Maraca short of a Mariachi Band

Someone who's brain is not functioning at full capacity.
Bless her heart, she walked straight into the PTA meeting wearing her bra on the outside of her Lane Bryant pantsuit, she's a maraca short of a Mariachi Band.
by Titan2014 July 7, 2017
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