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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 Arm Shifty

Sorry I'm late, stopped for a quick short arm shifty in the car.
by Shuaman June 16, 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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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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Short Wire

a temporary lapse of faculties caused by stressful situations
people who can Short Wire include autistics (like me) and people with PTSD (my sister and step dad)
the best thing to do when someone is short wiring is to leave them alone and let them work through it
whats wrong with that guy?
the fireworks caused him to Short Wire
by kingofthesharkmen May 21, 2021
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A very short time ago

Between 0 and 10 minutes ago
I went on a run a very short time ago
by PhD. Marvin Schwarz July 1, 2020
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short girls with no hair

Have a big shinny forehead and are short that wear white jeans.
Short girls with no hair have a big attitude
by vanessa's daddy February 16, 2018
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