teachable moment

What you say when you intend to cover for your own mistake by implying the person you wronged is also culpable but should join with you to "move past" your wrong. It allows you to avoid actually apologizing.

Once Obama read the police report and realized his comments told us more about his own views than they did the Cambridge police he concocted a media event to caste the whole ordeal as a "Teachable Moment" in order to "spread the blame".

by Noah Napster July 31, 2009

betchtable

A vegetable that tastes like a betch and makes you want to vomit--sometimes vegetables do that to you.

Boy: Omg, Girl! Have you tasted the betchtables your mum made for supper?
Girl: No, have you?
Boy: Oh, bloody hell, yes! They taste like a betch!

by goli ix and matt April 4, 2008

human beachball

A person who is so fat you can imagine people using him as a beachball

Eric: Did you see Richard in gym?
Rithik: That human beachball couldn't even stand up

by FreshMoneyTheRhyme March 13, 2015

teachable moment

Gratuitous American English expansion of "lesson".

The inability of Americans to be understood in other English-speaking countries provides us with a teachable moment.

by bleater April 22, 2011

Beachball

Other than an inflatable beach toy, beachball is a common term used at beaches between males to announce the presence of an extremely attractive female without drawing attention. It is usually placed in a question followed by a time of day to signify the direction of the female relative to the speaker.

Teddy: "So you coming to the party tonight?"
Mike: "No, sorry, I'm playin' some beachball at 3 o'clock."
Teddy: "Oh, really."
Teddy glances to the side.
Teddy: "Hm, maybe I'll join you."

by MACHone Inc. October 8, 2005

beachball

v.i. to wait around; to loiter; esp. to wait to do something until someone else has completed a prerequisite task (from the "beach ball" icon displayed when Microsoft Windows applications are loading: one cannot perform any task until the relevant data have been processed).

Girl: "Have you ordered yet?"
Boy: "No, we're still beachballing 'til the waiter gets here."

Thing One: Did you get my text?
Thing Two: No, my phone's still beachballing.

by Rok'n'rol Wannabe March 30, 2009

Beachballing

the insertion of a deflated beach ball into a woman's vagina and inflating it.

"I heard you were beachballing Kate last night. How did that go?"
"She's fucking dead man. What did you think would happen?"

"Sweetheart do you want to try beachballing?"
"NO! I want to live."

by reallynotgay March 19, 2010