Elephant promises

When you keep promising people that you're gonna do something but in reality you're not sure that you can keep it but you promise it anyway.

Jack keeps saying he'll make it to the party but it just sounds like elephant promises.

by Smithsonian Scratch November 21, 2014

Chicago promise

Certain people like giving out promises without the intent of carrying them out. For some reason, a significant amount of such people populates Chicago. This kind of people is called bullshitters, and the kind of bullshit promises they give out is called a Chicago promise.

-- This dude said he'll bring over some molly this Friday.

-- You sure it wasn't a Chicago promise?

by othra May 13, 2024

pussy promise

Weak promise.

Did you move it down to make your load heavier, increase the resistance and challenge yourself????? Or did you decide to take it easy, stay in your comfort zone and pussy promise yourself that you'll "start doing more next time"

by KnowYourWorthVIP@INSTAGRAM May 14, 2017

Pinky Promise

A promise occupying a pinky finger per person, requiring them to be crossed, to create a binding contract.
Once bound the participants are forced to stay true to their words. If a pinky promise is to be broken the person responsible ones the other either their left nut or ovary.

"Dude, fr?"

"Yeah, pinky promise!"

by freshplayaaa December 15, 2024

Scottish promise

An ancient custom of serving guests an offering of food with a portion removed.

The custom served dual purposes. Symbolically, it was meant to indicate that nothing would be offered which was not equal to the servers own.
Practically, it allowed for a taste test to gauge the quality of the ingredients and preparation.

Our host explained that the pie was missing a piece to show that the house tested the pie to confirm it was good enough for you, which is the Scottish promise.

by Juan Moore Beer July 16, 2024

relationships could get a bit tricky over the next few days, so promise yourself that no matter what loved ones might say you won’t overreact and make things worse than they need to be. Smile serenely and pretend that nothing bothers you in the slightest.

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relationships could get a bit tricky over the next few days, so promise yourself that no matter what loved ones might say you won’t overreact and make things worse than they need to be. Smile serenely and pretend that nothing bothers you in the slightest.

by SuchBackSmacker March 12, 2025

TSA Promise

A lie, basically.

Commonly used by the management at The TSA Group to make you do things.

Agent 1: "My manager said that I'll be a 2IC if I follow the glide path"

Agent 2 "Dude, that's a TSA promise"

by Streuth December 2, 2019