by G-RED October 28, 2006
Get the Hoist My Sailmug. when a girl or guy breaks up with someone and they go out looking for a rebound. They "hoist the colors" and inform you of their single status.
by godstrumpet October 6, 2013
Get the Hoist the Colorsmug. by ChicoSweatChunkyBUnsEH6 December 20, 2012
Get the Dost thou even hoist?mug. To be foiled by your own advantage(i.e., explosives prematurely explode).
The history of the phrase comes from the uses of a petard in a seige (a petard is a volitile early explosive capable of bringing down castle walls). To be hoisted is to be lifted or sent up, which is generally what would happen to you if you were near a petard when it goes off (and that's if you got off lucky).
The term, "Hoisted on my own petard" is incorrect (unless of course you were pulled up while on a petard, but that'd be clinicly stupid) in that the meaning is altered. This bastardization is built upon the assumtion that a petard is a spear.
The history of the phrase comes from the uses of a petard in a seige (a petard is a volitile early explosive capable of bringing down castle walls). To be hoisted is to be lifted or sent up, which is generally what would happen to you if you were near a petard when it goes off (and that's if you got off lucky).
The term, "Hoisted on my own petard" is incorrect (unless of course you were pulled up while on a petard, but that'd be clinicly stupid) in that the meaning is altered. This bastardization is built upon the assumtion that a petard is a spear.
Sergeant- "Did you plant all the claymores Corporal Johnson?"
Corporal- "Yes sir."
Sergeant- "Where did you plant them."
Corporal- *Looks around shiftily* "Ummmm..."
Sergeant- "You don't know do you?"
Corporal- "No."
Sergeant- "Hoisted by my own petard."
Synonym- see clusterfuck
Corporal- "Yes sir."
Sergeant- "Where did you plant them."
Corporal- *Looks around shiftily* "Ummmm..."
Sergeant- "You don't know do you?"
Corporal- "No."
Sergeant- "Hoisted by my own petard."
Synonym- see clusterfuck
by ArKainicW July 9, 2010
Get the Hoisted by my own petardmug. Bill: The date was going great until I mentioned I like Star-Trek
Jeff: It appears you have been hoisted by your own Piccard.
Jeff: It appears you have been hoisted by your own Piccard.
by The Not So Jolly Giant June 22, 2021
Get the Hoisted by your own Piccardmug. by harry belafonte December 11, 2003
Get the hoist those cards a little higher!mug. by bgomez August 20, 2006
Get the hoist up the john b's sailmug.