empty nester

A parent whose children have grown up and left home.

Your daughter's come of age, eh? Well, you'll be an empty nester soon!

by wmem May 9, 2006

empty V

A play on MTV. The kind of television programming that you don't plan on watching, but find yourself watching when you need to do something else. Television programming of no real substance and no educational value. Not because of a lack of something to do or motivation to do something else, you wind up watching.

I spent 5 hours watching empty V and didn't get anything done on those marketing reports.

by [e-mail] December 30, 2005

Empty Vase

AKA a "flower vase"
A Chinese slang term which often appears in web novels and dramas. An "empty vase" or a "flower vase" is a beautiful person (of either gender) who has no other substance, purpose, or intelligence outside of their appearance (i.e. they have a beautiful outer appearance, but are hollow and empty inside).

Like a vase, they may be chosen to decorate a person's home or life, but can be largely neglected or overlooked, so the term is usually applied to low-maintenance people.

The term is considered a negative insult, and is somewhat similar to the Western concept of a "skin-deep" beauty or a "trophy wife".

"He couldn't believe the ignorance coming out of the beautiful girl's mouth and wrote her off as an empty vase."
"She had been hurt by her past relationship, so this time she decided to choose an empty vase and try her hand at being a sugar momma to a handsome, shallow, boytoy."

by askite October 17, 2023

Empty Egg Carton

A expression used to comment on an growing epidemic in Western Society of men and women sleeping around and rejection of parenthood. Where simps spend the greater portion of the day indulging themselves in e-girls instead of seeking meaningful relationships.

E-girls subsequently feed off of these poor men and play the sexist card any time somebody criticizes them.

Furthermore, referencing the fact that women lose 90% of their eggs by age 30 and 97% of their eggs by 40.

That e-girl is going to be hit real hard by her late 20s and that empty egg carton

E-girl: IF YOU DO NOT DONATE YOU ARE LEECHING OFF OF MY SERVICES
Critic of E-girl Culture: Lol, empty egg carton

by CrippledCow February 19, 2020

empty barrel

Quote by Plato: “An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”

Vessel, empty barrel, drum, can, bucket, brain, or whatever.

by PawPawDog October 20, 2017

Empty Choices

The art of trying to make it look like someone's got a choice while narrowing their own ability to choose what they want to do.

Example: -
Person 1: - It's your choice but would you like to take your brothers and sisters out to the shops or the park.
Person 2: - '*thinks* "well I wasn't planning to take them, but you'll moan if I don't :| err empty choices Oo"' the parks fine.
Person 1: - Great, well it's your choice remember...
Person 2: - *Sigh* yup :/

by Matthew Parkes March 21, 2010

empty barrel

Empty barrel is a term used by older generations (baby boomer and older) that refers to a person who exhibits bluster and puts forth loud uniformed opinions to get attention. {attention-seeker} {loud mouth} {liar} {trouble-maker}

That politician is nothing more than an empty barrel.

by Philly Wordsmith October 20, 2017