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cardboard charlie

1.Originally, a cutout of a poliecman in a marked car parked on the side of the road.

2. An empty police car parked on the side of the road to discourage speeding. Sometimes with a newspaper suspended from the headliner, a cardboard cutout as described in 1, or a box of donuts on the dashboard.
There was a cardboard charlie on the turnpike tonight. It was obvious as the windshield was covered in more salt than an admiral's nutsack.
by G-skillet January 27, 2014
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cardboard

Discreet term referring to a box of Sudafed
Walgreen's was all out of cardboard today.
by M0n$t3r August 18, 2014
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cardboard cups

your the dumbest thing on earth why you search this you loser
you use that cardboard cups?
by chickenfister May 18, 2016
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cardboardly

In a very cardboard manner.
The Harry Styles cut-out cardboardly scribbled his notes from the meeting.
by CHC1 March 1, 2018
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Cardboard Committee

A group set up to listen to, learn from and act on the needs of the team to help make everyone's experience of coming to work more honest, fulfilling and fun. The Cardboard Committee aims to give people a space to make suggestions on how we can better our work culture and environment, and come up with ways to transform those ideas into practical and tangible habits that create change.
I'm going to take the time to answer the Cardboard Committee's survey thoughtfully because they value my opinion and I believe that they're going to help bring about positive change in the workplace.
by jubajoo August 16, 2018
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Cardboarding

When a redneck can't follow the assembly instructions for IKEA furniture so just burns it and uses the packaging boxes instead
Brian is so stupid he's cardboarding his divorce settlement
by Fididdly September 28, 2018
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Cardboard hot pocket

When something or someone appears appealing on the outside, but once you "bite in", you realize there is nothing of worth.
Mike: hey man, how did your date with that girl go last night?
Dave: she was attractive and all, but she couldn't hold a conversation for shit, and when she did talk it was just very dry and boring... she was a real cardboard hot pocket...
by Flyeaglesfly1738 July 20, 2019
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