Spare

The second heir in line for a monarchy.

After losing his heir, the king had to bring in his spare.

Spare by UndersScore December 22, 2023

spare parts 

spare parts is an insult used to call someone bottom of the barrel

you're made of spare parts aren't ya bud?

spare parts by shesdickeredbud December 29, 2016

spare parts 

Used as an insult. If you say someone is ‘spare parts’ then you’re calling them useless, or they’re so poor at what they are doing that they might as well be doing nothing.

In a co-op video game, if there’s someone in your party that ends up doing jack shit for the team, then you’d say they are “spare parts.”

Player 1: Dude, player 3 got no absolutely no kills the entire round.
Player 2: I know, right? He just sat on his ass the whole game!
Player 1: Yup—he’s spare parts.

spare parts by fish_dicks October 6, 2020

spare cycles 

Phrase used by sadistic managers (particularly in IT) to describe any moment of spare time their employee(s) might have.

The implication is that the employee is like an old mainframe computer, and should be put to work for every second of the day or else corporate value is lost.

Boss: "Hey, Bob has some spare cycles, he can do these 29 extra tasks."

Bob: <grunts incoherently and shuffles closer to complete mental breakdown>

spare cycles by Sam Scarma March 2, 2007

spare love

To offer someone something less than all of your love when they aren't good enough for it.

We weren't in it for the long haul, but he was getting needy, so I threw him some spare love.

spare love by scaley20022 December 29, 2009

spare change 

a euphemism used by beggars that refers to "legal tender" in small or otherwise large quantities.

beggar: "got any spare change, my man?"
me: "no"

spare change by volound July 31, 2012

spare me 

Usually said in a sentence while someone's trying to tell you b/s, lie, or whatever. You just don't want to hear it anymore.

Boyfriend: I swear I didn't cheat! She went on top----
Girlfriend: You know what, Spare me the details and drama. We're through.

spare me by SparexMe_Loser December 26, 2009