To tell someone that they have limited time to do something, or that someone needs to quickly finish up whatever they were already in the middle of. Usually said before something significant is about to happen that would make doing said thing more difficult to do later on.
Assumed to come from the military, with officers letting soldiers know that it was time to rest and indulge (e.g. smoking the cigarettes they earned/found) between movements. However, over time the term has somewhat evolved to imply preparedness and finality, as in "this may be the last time you can do this, so do it now".
Correct speech would be "smoke them if you've got them" which is usually cut down to "smoke 'em if you got 'em" or "smoke 'em if ya got 'em", depending on accent or how fast the phrase is being said.
Assumed to come from the military, with officers letting soldiers know that it was time to rest and indulge (e.g. smoking the cigarettes they earned/found) between movements. However, over time the term has somewhat evolved to imply preparedness and finality, as in "this may be the last time you can do this, so do it now".
Correct speech would be "smoke them if you've got them" which is usually cut down to "smoke 'em if you got 'em" or "smoke 'em if ya got 'em", depending on accent or how fast the phrase is being said.
"Hostiles incoming! Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!"
"Well, I'm the ride home, and I think it's time to go. Smoke 'em if you got 'em, and then I'm leaving - with or without you."
"Please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times. If at any point during the ride you become disoriented... there's nothing we can do about it. Now, have you removed all of your jewelry...? Are you allergic to shellfish...?" "JEEBS!" "RIGHT THEN! Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!"
"Well, I'm the ride home, and I think it's time to go. Smoke 'em if you got 'em, and then I'm leaving - with or without you."
"Please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times. If at any point during the ride you become disoriented... there's nothing we can do about it. Now, have you removed all of your jewelry...? Are you allergic to shellfish...?" "JEEBS!" "RIGHT THEN! Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!"
by TheRobotMenace March 22, 2022
by suckermc5 July 29, 2004
A reply to a person who has used the word "we". The person making the reply is telling the speaker no one is effected by their statement other than them. Or, in an organization (work or volunteer positions), someone has just said that "we" all need to do something. This reply means that it's agreed the work needs to be done, but the speaker is the only one who must do it.
Employee to Boss: "Have you considered my program initiative? I think it's important, we really need it implemented to make my fall task easier."
Boss: "You got a mouse in your pocket?"
Boss: "You got a mouse in your pocket?"
by Jake Placer June 06, 2012
Spending a large sum of your salary on a woman, whether you have the cash or not. Usually associated with a gold digging woman, but not always.
by prince brandonn August 11, 2008
standard speech for some fool to yell on an internet fight video after someone goes down. waaaaayyyy played out.
makes me CRINGE and i immediately want to slap the fuck out the person who says it...
makes me CRINGE and i immediately want to slap the fuck out the person who says it...
it always happens in the following succession:
1. first you hear: 'get em homie'... 'get that nigga'... 'fuck that bitch up'
2. then: <SMACK> ... fist to face
3. quickly followed by a: <SMACK> ... head/body hits ground
4. here it comes 100% of the time: 'AHHHHHH, YOU GOT KNOCKED THE FUCK OUT'
1. first you hear: 'get em homie'... 'get that nigga'... 'fuck that bitch up'
2. then: <SMACK> ... fist to face
3. quickly followed by a: <SMACK> ... head/body hits ground
4. here it comes 100% of the time: 'AHHHHHH, YOU GOT KNOCKED THE FUCK OUT'
by sickofthepussies August 14, 2007
When there is an unavoidable delay in an activity, some people will say "smoke 'em if you got 'em" as a way of saying "this is going to take a while to fix, so you might as well do something other than just wait (like taking a smoke break)".
After Joe's car broke down on the deserted country road, he called a tow truck and told his passengers "Smoke em if you got em".
by hogarth June 12, 2006
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