momentary clowning-around license

Humorous term to refer to da one-to-ten-second "allowance-window" for performing goofy antics dat is implied to be granted to you as a "reward" or "consolation" if a certain type of minorly-distressing event unexpectedly befalls you, such as if you get accidentally bonked on da head with a rake-handle or 2X4, and thus you are "permitted" to make a huge buffoonish show of wobblingly staggering about for a moment or two, as if you've been knocked partially unconscious.

Another type of momentary clowning-around license might be if there is a sudden loud noise nearby dat presumably would allow you to raucously respond in kind --- for example, if a passing car toots its horn for no apparent reason, you then briefly have "implied permission" to shut your eyes tightly and bellow, "HAWNK!!" in "reply" to said unexpected auditory interruption.

by QuacksO December 19, 2022

Around

Here, but all the way. I sense their presence if they're around but I can't see them. They're not a "real person."

Ellie: "Regardless there are people around."

by Elliejj28 July 25, 2025

Poodle around

a person, especially an athlete, who performs in an ostentatiously sensational manner calculated to draw attention; show-off.
—verb (used without object)

to perform or behave in an outrageous or spectacular manner.

Showboating

to spend time doing things without any particular purpose or plan:

‘Poodle around’ used in the UK

Girl, Terri has been poodling around d in her new truck.

We spent the day poodling around town.

Poodle around

by theNatashaverse June 23, 2023

Unable to eat around (someone)

Being unappetized around certain people. A feeling of disgust or discomfort about someone or something they do/did that makes you not want to eat.

I was immediately unable to eat around (someone) because they make me feel horrible when I try to do anything, enough so that I don’t feel hungry around them.

by Professional Candy Cane July 5, 2023

toss the fat around

Where you take your shirt off and spread Crisco or equivalent hydrogenated oil across your chest and let a dog lick it off.

Can someone Urban Dictionary and see what toss the fat around means. I feel like it might be dirty

by badjuju666 January 25, 2024

Herbin around

The act or illusion of doing semi necessary work at an inconvenient or non necessary time.

Is he getting that part fixed? No he is just herbin around finding other stuff so he doesn’t have to.

by Bootheel reference April 9, 2022

shops around the corner

Gay

He shops around the corner for sure sister!

by Ermine Street November 24, 2022