"notes are broke!" indicates a person who is unable to communicate properly with others. Our helpdesk received an email from someone with no body, just the subject line "notes are broke!" Since then, the phrase has come to mean a poor communicator, or just plain idiocy. There is a gesture that accompanies the phrase. You must flap your arms like a retarded person attempting to fly when you say it. This is of course optional according to context as well as present company.
"So, how're things going?"
"Snakes on a plane man, snakes on a plane."
"Really? What's wrong?"
"Man, you know Cindy in accounting? She's all notes are broke again."
or
"How are things going with the project?"
"Notes are broke, boss, notes are broke."
or
"Have you spoken to the client?"
"Yes, and all I can say is notes are broke."
"Snakes on a plane man, snakes on a plane."
"Really? What's wrong?"
"Man, you know Cindy in accounting? She's all notes are broke again."
or
"How are things going with the project?"
"Notes are broke, boss, notes are broke."
or
"Have you spoken to the client?"
"Yes, and all I can say is notes are broke."
by Gleznov August 23, 2006

by J Mart July 28, 2008

Disingenuous claims to a lack of funds, in the fashion of Hillary Clinton.
Maintaining a flawed standard for 'empty' coffers.
Maintaining a flawed standard for 'empty' coffers.
Guy 1: "You want to get pizza?"
Guy 2: "Who's paying? I'm broke."
Guy 1: "Man, you're Clinton broke, you just bought a new car."
Guy 2: "Who's paying? I'm broke."
Guy 1: "Man, you're Clinton broke, you just bought a new car."
by Pra3torian June 11, 2014

by Bubbanator June 05, 2018

having close to none or zero of your net worth in fiat currency. All your money is in bitcoin or other lesser assets.
Billy: Hey man want to go to lunch at this new place? Its kinda pricey.
Bobby: Sorry man I'm fiat broke. Id have to sell to eat there, and im never selling.
Bobby: Sorry man I'm fiat broke. Id have to sell to eat there, and im never selling.
by bestkidinlobby March 05, 2021

That feeling you get when you realize your hard earned cash is a pile of dust thanks to all the bills you owe.
After working 80 hrs I thought I was gonna be ballin until I realized I was a payday broke joker smoke.
by J•Diżżłę May 02, 2014

The flattest-ass kinda broke there is.
Believe every dollar I see is going straight to my lawyer to keep my beoke ass outa jail.
Believe every dollar I see is going straight to my lawyer to keep my beoke ass outa jail.
by anonymous May 26, 2023
