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Pulling a Penny

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Causing damage to or injuring yourself or your property by means of clutziness, carelessness or shear stupidity.
I cayght myself pulling a penny when I accidently poured washer fluid in my brake fluid resevoir.
by WYKYDone December 19, 2013
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calling someone a penny

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Calling someone a penny is an insult. First you say, "you're like a penny", the person will then ask why. You then proceed to say that they are invaluable, flat, two-faced and is always in someone's pants. This insult is normally done to one of a female gender.
This is a script of a random dude calling someone a penny

Bitch: You don't know me! You cant even describe me in one word.

Random dude: Your like a penny.

Bitch: WTF????

Random dude: Invaluable, flat, two-faced and always in someone's pants.
by Google eyeball June 23, 2020
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Whalen on a penny

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Term used to describe how quick one is on something. Much like the term stink on shit or white on rice. Whalen on a penny refers to the cheapness of a Dick Smith named Jeff. If one were to let a penny fall from their hands it would never hit the ground in the presence of Jeff.
Boss: Hey Peter are you going to have those TPS reports for me by lunch?
Peter: Chill out Lumberg! I am on it like Whalen on a penny.
by DunkMonkey December 14, 2008
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"If you're going to take a risk at all, you might as well make it a big risk."

From an old British expression (thus "pound" instead of "dollar"); the original reference was probably to theft (though this is not certain), saying that being arrested ("taken in") for stealing a small amount is just as bad as for a large amount, so you may as well steal a lot and hope to get away with it.

An equivalent expression is, "As well hanged for a sheep as a lamb", where it's implied that you are stealing the animal. If the punishment for failure is the same, you may as well try for the largest possible reward.

The phrase is often misused with reference to a punishment that is out of proportion to a crime, but this is not the actual meaning.
"I could get fired just for talking to you. Well... in for a penny, in for a pound! Come on in."
by Keenath January 18, 2008
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spend a penny

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To urinate in a shop's sanitation facilities, which origianlly cost a penny.
What if I don't have a penny? Do I just piss my pants?
by Gumba Gumba August 4, 2004
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spend a penny

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to expel urine from one's body
Where's the bathroom? I really need to spend a penny!
by Anonymous November 2, 2003
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