break a leg

What you tell someone about to perform in a drama or musical performance to wish them well.
What you don't say is "good luck".

Hey, hope you break a leg tonight.

by Doctor Livingstone May 20, 2005

chrono break

A game that really needs to be made.

Note for slower persons: It'd be the sequel to Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. And Dalton would be in it. ^_^

by 0niTTRay March 8, 2004

tolerance break

A phrase used mainly by weed smokers. It refers to taking a break from smoking, or smoking less often, in an attempt to lower your tolerance to THC, and thus gain a better high each time you do smoke.

Yo man, I've been blazing up every day for a month, and it's just not the same anymore. I need to take a tolerance break.

by PohTayToez July 9, 2007

Ow Break

An Ow Break is whilst being in so much pain, usually being inflicted from another person, like when receiving a tattoo, you ask them to stop for a second while you simply say "ow." They then carry on.

-Getting Tattoo Done-

Jack: Wait a second, Ow break... Ow.

-Carries on Tattooing-

by Kiss_Fan January 6, 2010

break out that emacs

Popularized by Mark Zuckerberg in his blog and the motion picture "The Social Network." Anytime you use emacs. Hell, anytime you use any text editor. You know what? Whenever you're on a computer, doing anything at all.

Time to break out that emacs and edit that file.

by spinerider4 April 15, 2011

amen break

possibly the most used and sampled breakbeat of all time. comes from the winston brothers' "amen brother" used mainly in drum 'n' bass, jungle, even some hip hop. chances are, if you listen to dnb, then you've heard it at least once.

the amen break is cool because it is so heavily compressed and it doesn't sound like banging on a tin can when you speed it up.

by karl July 8, 2004

Permanent Break

A permanent break occurs when an employee doesn't come back to work after going on break. A manager may also grant a permanent break for those who don't wish to come back to work but does not want to go through the formal process of being fired. The term follows the same concept of a permanent vacation as an employee who does not come back after their trip, making their trip away from the company permanent.

"Hey Larry, can I go on a break?" " Well, we are real busy right now but you can always go on a permanent break if you don't want to work here anymore."

by Yeyeeeee123 October 13, 2019