by dude, where's my bagel? September 3, 2005
Get the he shoots! he scores! mug.Presumably borrowed from botantical terminology, this term is being used to highlight bright spots in a failing economy... analogous to new growth among a wasteland of dead plants and weeds.
(1) One green shoot from the high unemployment numbers is that those who still have jobs are finding less traffic congestion during their commutes.
(2) "To get out of high rate mortgages. we are seeing progress in -- in the money market mutual funds, and in the business lending area. And I think as those green shoots begin to appear in different markets -- and as some confidence begins to come back -- that will begin the positive dynamic that brings our economy back." --Ben Bernanke (60 Minutes interview, March 2009)
(2) "To get out of high rate mortgages. we are seeing progress in -- in the money market mutual funds, and in the business lending area. And I think as those green shoots begin to appear in different markets -- and as some confidence begins to come back -- that will begin the positive dynamic that brings our economy back." --Ben Bernanke (60 Minutes interview, March 2009)
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Get the Bird Call Beer Shoots mug.The event of having sperm ejected out of the asshole propeled by way of a flatuent. This occurs after anal sex, that included ejaculation in the anus. The name is derived from the resemblence of the act to that of a natural water geyser, like old faithful, mixed with the hit Clash song Rock the Casbah.
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Get the shoots mug.The simple union of the words shit and toot. The shoots are when one cannot control one's own bowel. The shoots can also be used to describe when one thinks they are going to toot, but then he or she actually shits his or her own pants.
Sam: "Where are you?"
Cassie: "Sorry, I'm running late. I had the shoots all day and couldn't leave the toilet."
Cassie: "Sorry, I'm running late. I had the shoots all day and couldn't leave the toilet."
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