top shelf

1)Generally refers to expensive liquor kept in a liquor store behind the counter on the top shelf so no one can rip it off.

2) can also be used to describe anything that is made up of prime ingredients: marajuana, pussy, hardware, anything really.

1) These margaritas are made with top shelf tequila!

2) A: This is the best weed I have ever smoked!
B: I was saving it for a rainy day, straight off the top shelf.

by dracula July 2, 2004

shelf-ride

Finding pleasure in placing something on a shelf, and deliberately not using it while being well aware of its existence and location.

EX1:
Friend- "wow, dude thats the Japanese import of FF7, but you don't read Japanese!"

Dude- "I don't need to read Japanese. I'm gonna shelf-ride the SHIT out of this thing!"

EX2:
Son- "My dad's got some stuff he's been shelf riding since the 60's"

EX3:
Girl - "I gave you a gift, and you never use it!."

Guy - "What do you mean?. I shelf-ride it every day!."

by Roman Sidorov August 18, 2008

shelf cred

Respect and trust for a person's opinions and recommendations about reading material based on the caliber of their own chosen reading material; can be based on preference of genre, but typically earned by reading stories and novels of subtance.

I'm shocked that Amanda read the Twilight saga. She has a lot of shelf cred with me. Well...she used to anyway."

Whenever I feel like a reading a romantic novel, I ask Maggie. She's got the most shelf cred when it comes to love stories.

by formicah February 21, 2011

magic shelf

That place your mother used to keep from you.

"No, honey. You can't have one of those. I keep them in my magic shelf."

by Harrisons_Mom September 24, 2014

Pussy Shelf

The flap of skin that hangs down from the belly covering the vagina in an overweight woman.

Damn look at the pussy shelf on that bitch, it hangs down almost to her knees!

by Dos246 February 21, 2015

Top Shelf

The best possible outcome or an exceptionally good product or action.

Nice backfill tommy that was Top Shelf.

by AIthirteen January 25, 2016

Shelf Monkey

A retail worker who primarily opens boxes, puts them on shelves and maintains the appearance of the shelf.

"Managment wouldn't let me make important decisions despite having more experience on this than them. I'm just a shelf monkey."

by Blueboy$ March 19, 2020