meaning to pass off a less than perfect item, either physical or metaphorical, as though it were good.
Example 1: I asked a friend to loan me a lighter but he palmed me a dead one. (Meaning the lighter didn’t work)
Its origin are uncertain but date back to at least the Childers Muster (Rodeo) of 1997 where it is attributed to Truckin' Trev.
The phrase has been bastardized to be used in circumstances with similar meanings to the original.
Example 2: My housemate said her friend would show me a good time but it turned out she was trying to palm me a dead one. (In this case it means the opposite of a “live one”, that is, the friend was boring or dull or frigid)
Example 3: The salesman said the DVD would play on all players but he had palmed me a dead one. (meaning that the DVD wouldn’t play or was blank)
Example 4: I asked my roommate to get me some milk for my coffee but she palmed me a dead one. (Meaning the carton/bottle was empty or out of date)
The phrase is not to be mistaken for any similar phrases use in the United States relating to slipping someone a bribe. That is palming someone a “dead president”, referring to the faces of dead presidents on the notes.
Whether it be bulbs, pipes, lighters, DVDs, food etc friends don’t palm friends dead ones. Ever!
Its origin are uncertain but date back to at least the Childers Muster (Rodeo) of 1997 where it is attributed to Truckin' Trev.
The phrase has been bastardized to be used in circumstances with similar meanings to the original.
Example 2: My housemate said her friend would show me a good time but it turned out she was trying to palm me a dead one. (In this case it means the opposite of a “live one”, that is, the friend was boring or dull or frigid)
Example 3: The salesman said the DVD would play on all players but he had palmed me a dead one. (meaning that the DVD wouldn’t play or was blank)
Example 4: I asked my roommate to get me some milk for my coffee but she palmed me a dead one. (Meaning the carton/bottle was empty or out of date)
The phrase is not to be mistaken for any similar phrases use in the United States relating to slipping someone a bribe. That is palming someone a “dead president”, referring to the faces of dead presidents on the notes.
Whether it be bulbs, pipes, lighters, DVDs, food etc friends don’t palm friends dead ones. Ever!
by DocSparkle April 18, 2009
This phrase is a verbal objection to a proposed action, claiming that the author/speaker is willing to fight with every ounce of their life to prevent the action.
by Gumba Gumba April 14, 2004
Australian Slang: Meaning that your really thirsty, usually words heard around a pub when no drinks are being served because sevice is slow and the locals are getting impatient.
-Oi Shazza! Could you hurry it up a tad I'm dry as a dead dingos donger over 'ere
-Chuck us a coldie, all this hard yakka is making me as dry as a dead dingos donger!
-Chuck us a coldie, all this hard yakka is making me as dry as a dead dingos donger!
by Anthony Kitching October 11, 2004
by r fly March 20, 2018
Used between two guys, when one wants to draw discrete attention to the impressive attributes rack of a female who has just come into his view.
Cockney#1 Pwfoarrr! Look at that bird at the bar! It's like a dead-heat in a Zeppelin race!
Cockney#2 Yeah, and Smuggling Peanuts too!
Cockney#2 Yeah, and Smuggling Peanuts too!
by Negrophiliac May 26, 2008
Political term indicating the high level of catastrophe it would take to unseat a seemingly invincible politician, executive or tenured professor.
Q: "Is there any chance he'll lose reelection?"
A: "Are you kidding? Guy's so powerful, it'd take a dead girl / live boy."
A: "Are you kidding? Guy's so powerful, it'd take a dead girl / live boy."
by seamonkey01 April 01, 2011
by cheesebrub January 07, 2022