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screwdriver stuck in lefty-loosey

Someone or something that drives people crazy (v.q. someone with a loose screw)
Don’t listen to him! He obviously has his screwdriver stuck in lefty-loosey, he's just gonna drive you crazy!
by BQ Atkin December 26, 2022
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screwdriver stuck in lefty-loosey

Someone or something that drives people crazy (v.q. someone with a loose screw).
Don't listen to him! He obviously has his screwdriver stuck in lefty-loosey, he's just gonna drive you crazy!
by BQ Atkin December 26, 2022
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By right & By left

Typically used in Singlish to differentiate between the "right & proper"/official/etc (by right) way of doing something and the "quick & easy"/unofficial/corner-cutting/etc (by left) way of doing something.
Alice: Hey! Rubbish collector supposed to collect recyclables separate from non-recyclables, what?

Bob: By right, that’s the case but by left they oso just dump them in the same bin.
Alice: What by right & by left?! They should do their job properly!
Bob: Liddat, lor; angry so much for what?
by AzureArmageddon February 13, 2023
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up satan's left nostril

Used to describe something lost in an area usually frequented by the speaker after they have checked every possible location it could be.
Person 1: Hey, have you seen the tea I bought last week?

Person 2: No, where did you lose it?

Person 1: In my apartment. I've turned the place upside down and the only place it could at this point be would be up satan's left nostril.
by ScrunglyBingus February 27, 2023
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Memories follow me left and right

Person 1 : I know you came to write zxcvbnmasdfghjklqwertyuiop.
Person 2 : No i came to see Memories follow me left and right
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Ate and left the silverware

A phrase used to describe when someone does something extremely well and is now helping others to follow in their footsteps.
Thomas: "Did you guys see Amanda's performance? It was amazing!"
Luke: "Yeah! Apparently she's now teaching classes as well!"
Thomas: "Wow, she really Ate and left the silverware!"
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Right-to-left override

In English, we write from the left side of the page to the right, but in many languages such as Arabic, Aramaic, Azeri, Dhivehi/Maldivian, Hebrew, Kurdish (Sorani), Persian/Farsi and Urdu, they instead write from right to left. This is why we have the right to left and left to right overrides. It turns whatever is written after it backward! Unicode code is U+202E.
Person one: Did you know that 10 years ago I was the best player-
Person two: U+202E (Right-to-left override (
Person one: on the...
Person one: WHAT
Person one: WHAT IS HAPPENING!??!??!
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