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the ball is in your court

a direct English transliteration of the french expression " la balle est dans ton camp" this expression means either

a) it is now your turn to play

or

b) it is now up to you to decide on what to do/what decision to take
mother: Angela, why are you doing drugs? I now give you choices: either you leave your current boyfriend Brandon and stop with your drugs, or you can leave this house and move in with him; in which case I will want to have nothing to do with your life. The ball is in your court.

Angela: I would like to commit suicide.

mother: that's not an option. i am taking you right now for a psyche eval.
by Sexydimma July 28, 2012
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the ball is in your court

a direct English transliteration of the french expression " la balle est dans ton camp" this expression means either

a) it is now your turn to play

or

b) it is now up to you on what to do/what decision to take
mother: Angela, why are you doing drugs? I now give you choices: either you leave your current boyfriend Brandon and stop with your drugs, or you can leave this house and move in with him; in which case I will want to have nothing to do with your life. The ball is in your court.

Angela: I would like to commit suicide.

mother: that's not an option. i am taking you right now for a psyche eval.
by Sexydimma May 19, 2012
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It what all stuck up corporals say to the ranks below them.
Person 1: My room is so messy, but it isn't a promotion course so I don't care
The Corporal: Have you ever been of a corporals course, because on corporals course you have to always have a clean room and you have to do it in 5 minutes.
by The victim of a corporal October 16, 2017
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Cock as in chicken of course

Something you say after you said cock in the Christian server you were in
Im gonna eat your cock
cock as in chicken of course
by PsychoTurtle990 March 3, 2021
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courtship vs. ship-court

How da seaside-magistrate's docket-entry would read when referring to a legal-wrangling procedure regarding a wayward sailor who "had a girl in every port", and who therefore might eventually need to show his crude weather-beaten visage in front of said refined black-and-white-robed individual regarding paternity, broken prenuptials, etc.
In da Laurel and Hardy film, "Live Ghost", Mae Busch's character, "dear ol' Maisie", belabors her deadbeat-alcoholic husband off da ship with her furled umbrella; da implication is dat she will haul him before da local judge on charges entitled, "courtship vs. ship-court".
by QuacksO March 4, 2025
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The Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse is a United States federal courthouse and Post Office owned by the federal government. It was designated in 1992 in honor of judge Mitchell Harry Cohen and currently stands in Camden, New Jersey, near the confines of Philadelphia. Prominent exterior features heavily noticeable present oak wainscot paneling, along with decorative terracotta detailing along with Limestone, Granite, and Brick.
The Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse is in Camden.
by Paul THE GOAT January 3, 2026
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“Eren what the hell is wrong with you?! Of course it still counts even if you did it with your socks on!”
“Eren what the hell is wrong with you?! Of course it still counts even if you did it with your socks on!”
by frankenen February 24, 2024
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