promise cat

Not unlike a promise ring, a promise cat is a ceremonial feline offering to one's significant other, symbolizing commitment to future engagement. A promise cat provides the additional benefit of satiating maternal instinct, temporarily delaying the urge to procreate.

Mike: "How long have you two been together now?"
Bill: "About 5 years."
Mike: "When you going to make her a wife? There must be a ton of pressure in that direction..."
Bill: "Dude, you don't even know. Her younger sister just got married, and her facebook feed is filling up with friends' baby pics. I ended up getting her a promise cat to release some of the pressure."
Mike: "Nicccce. Classic move, brah."
Bill: "Yeah, that oughta hold her off for now."

by SensualHarassment May 19, 2014

promise

what people say but don't really care about

e- "promise we'll always be best friends no matter what"

c- "promise"

*fight*

e- "you promised to never leave.. and now you're leaving?"

c- "promises were meant to be broken"

by 3afterYou July 16, 2015

Promise

When you tell someone you'll do something but sometimes you do the opposite of what you said.

I promise I won't tell anyone.

by One n' only January 29, 2018

Pinky Promise

A promise spoken as you cross pinky fingers that, if broken, gives the right to the grieved one to deglove, sever or otherwise critically injure your pinky finger.

My former friend and I had the pinky promise to go to our first Comic-Con together. She went without me. So, as a gesture of retribution, I tore the nail off her pinky finger. I am not cruel enough to disable her forever now, am I?

by KetsubanMissingNumber April 5, 2022

Pinky promise

A symbol of trust, when making a pinky promise you put trust in the other persons hand. It holds the biggest secrets, if the trust is broken it can never be the same

‘Pinky promise’

by Josoidhskkaka May 1, 2022

four year promise

A "four year promise" is a promise that institution makes for the duration of a client's stay; once the client has left the institution, the promise is no longer heeded.

The phrase originates in the relationships between college administrators and students, which often relies on the student body's short attention span (4 years, or often less) to on-going, systemic issues. This strategy can be used by colleges to make nominal concessions in one policy 'battle,' while patiently waiting for institutional longevity & momentum to win the policy 'war,' often as a result of the passing interest of the student body.

While a "four year promise" refers to an administration's actions, a "four year memory" may refer to the student body's (non) action.

"I thought the school promised to fund that program for the next 20 years. What happened?!"
"Oh, come on - that was just a four year promise!"

by bytebrekha April 4, 2009

worthless as an election promise

In view of politicians making promises before an election but invariably breaking them after an election.
Therefore the lowest possible denominator of the value of something can be described in this way.

'Jack's commitment to give up smoking is as worthless as an election promise.'

'Yeah, he won't last a day.'

by MrMagnesium May 14, 2014