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

campaign promise

Making a promise you never really intend to keep.

If you will have dinner with me I will be a total gentleman the entire time. Campaign promise

by roadkill1 July 22, 2010

Man-promise

when 2 men of no relation engage in a promise.

johnson: "man i didnt fuck trisha, she's yo bitch."
willy: "promise?"
johnson: "sure"
willy: "we involved in a man-promise right now?"
johnson: "sure"

by gumbi mcfadden October 30, 2010

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