Boil

Like a pimple, but ten times worse.
Imagine you have a pimple.

Now, imagine it's huge and sensitive; so sensitive that if even your clothes brush against it, it hurts like a motherfucker. (If you actually hit it against something, nobody will blame you for screaming, swearing, and/or crying.)

Next, imagine that it takes several days of constantly attacking it before it finally stops hurting and starts to shrink. Also, you have to wait until it becomes vulnerable and occasionally take breaks even then.

Then, imagine that it can and will appear only in places where it's easy to aggravate. If one appear in your groin area, or - even better (not) - ON YOUR PRIVATES, buckle up, because it's gonna be miserable.

Next, imagine that when it's finally on the way out, it may still take another week to fully disappear. And even then, there's a good chance that more will show up unless you do take action.

And just like that, you have a boil. Fun, isn't it? (No, it's not.)
by Ubeenbamboozledson June 12, 2024
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Boil

Like a pimple, but even worse.
Imagine you have a pimple.

Now, imagine that very same pimple, but twice as large and even more sensitive. Like, so sensitive that it will flare up and burn like hell if you just accidentally brush something against it. That's a boil for you. Did I mention that it takes almost a week of rigorous treatment to make it go away?
by Ubeenbamboozledson January 19, 2022
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boiled prawn

A sunburnt white person, who looks out of place in sunny climes.
Check out the old boiled prawn at the bus-stop. She's going to get sunstroke and die any moment now.
by Mogdi January 04, 2018
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go off the boil

To lose one’s intensity or interest on something.
Don’t go off the boil because of this one deviation Michael. Stay focused!
by Sicilian Cowboy November 08, 2023
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par boil

To boil a little while like vegetables or chicken or potatoes is to par boil.
by Train chef Mauro December 20, 2020
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boiling flowers in the wing

An exclamation to notify someone that they have done something really stupid
If something has done something truly stupid and uncalled for, like setting a church with people inside on fire, you'd say.
"OH MAH GAWD, FREDDY! DARN IT, THAT'S LIKE BOILING FLOWERS IN THE WING!"
by bridget February 07, 2004
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A watched pot never boils

To wait anxiously for something to happen. It will seem to take a very long time or not at all.
This strategy is doomed from the start because it is far too public: a watched pot never boils.
by M2H November 13, 2023
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