A.k.a. "moocher's greeting" or "glad-handout"; it refers to where one of your "friends" beamingly approaches you with extended arm as if to greet you with a hearty palm-clasp, but instead of positioning his hand vertically the way one usually does when shaking hands, he holds his outstretched palm **upwards** so that his hand is horizontal --- this "gimme, gimme, gimme" position is how his hand is usually held whenever he is around fellow humans (duh!).
I always feel suspicious whenever someone greets me with a horizontal handshake, since it is a good indication that he is planning to ask me for a handout.
by QuacksO August 2, 2019
Get the horizontal handshake mug.N. - the inclination to fill up (‘inflame’) any flat, open surface; ‘clutterize’, or, the desire to lay down no matter the circumstances.
Afflicted with horizontalitis, she was headed for an appearance on Hoarders, as she could not keep any area of her home free of clutter.
He suffered from horizontalitis and took the phrase “laying down on the job” to a whole new level.
He suffered from horizontalitis and took the phrase “laying down on the job” to a whole new level.
by CramApple1999 March 29, 2023
Get the horizontalitis mug.Person One: Hey, did you see that question on the Rice Purity Test about kissing horizontally?
Person Two: Yeah, I said yes because me and my boyfriend did that last night.
Person Two: Yeah, I said yes because me and my boyfriend did that last night.
by Jackalope24 March 23, 2024
Get the Kissing Horizontally mug.horizontal is the word to describe an abnormally large chuguses that not only is taller horizontally than vertically but also makes you gag when you walk past them. They take up the whole sidewalk you want to feel bad for this horizontal lard but there six big Macs fourteen mcflurrys and shitty attitude make that hard
person one: Ahhhhh! is that an earthquake?!
person two: No, it's just Derek walking to taco bell he's such a fucking horizontal chungus.
person two: No, it's just Derek walking to taco bell he's such a fucking horizontal chungus.
by syndrome3453 February 3, 2025
Get the horizontal mug.I know 3 languages; My paents spoke English & French in the home, & I picked up Spanisah from t he Los Angeles horizontal dictionary
by cyberpope67,BC,Canada August 25, 2020
Get the horizontal dictionary mug.A theorized inferiority complex normally attributed to people who are overweight. It is characterized by overly-aggressive or domineering social behavior, such as lying, spreading rumors, manipulating or even harming others who may stand in their way, and carries the implication that such behavior is compensatory for the subject's physical or social shortcomings. A reverse horizontal napoleon complex has many of the same characteristics of a normal napoleon complex, with the difference being an overabundance of body mass as opposed to a short stature. This complex is sometimes synonymous with roid-rage, but can also apply to people with an abnormal or excessive fat accumulation where the subjects BMI is over 30.
That biker has reverse horizontal napoleon complex, he thinks he is big and bad because he weighs 300 pounds.
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