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empty-boxcars train of assurers

Derisive term for a sizable number of acquaintances of someone with a dubious reputation who make praising statements about the individual's character/morals, offer to co-sign a loan he's requesting, etc., but who are of comparably-questionable integrity themselves, are also broke, etc., and so their own word and/or reliability is viewed as not being much more of a legitimate guarantee than the promises of the person they're vouching for. In other words, "quantito, but not qualito"... lots of impressive-looking "containers", but with no actual/tangible/legitimate "goods" inside of said containers.
Loan officer: I always feel really wary/suspicious whenever someone of unknown/questionable reputation asks for a loan and offers to bring in a number of other folks to vouch for his character, reliability, and financial responsibility --- "methinks he doth protest too much", plus usually his so-called "witnesses" appear to merely be an "empty-boxcars train of assurers"... they seem no more trustworthy than I would view the loan-requester himself as being, and so their voluminous praise/recommendations hold little significance and inspire little confidence in me regarding whether the loan-requester would actually possess adequate means/motivation/dedication to repay the money. I feel something like how the lady-attorney in "Losing Isaiah" did when she pointed out that the members of the "support group" whom ex-druggie/shoplifter Khaila had named as the people who were assisting her in her efforts to "go straight" and "live clean" had themselves all been former drug-users and/or criminals, and so she felt that they should not be considered to be viable/reliable helpers to prevent Khaila from relapsing.
by QuacksO September 21, 2018
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EMPTY

"I feel empty".....There's is nothing else that can describe my current feeling
by Mkrksms November 22, 2021
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empty barrel

Similar to the term 'empty suit' used in business circles, it refers to anyone who has a position of seeming importance and looks the part, but is actually ineffectual, incomptent, or stupid. Looks good on the outside but no content or substance.
Q: What do you think of the new congressman?

A: Not much-- mostly just an empty barrel, that one.
by Hundo-1 October 22, 2017
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empty reading

when you read because you're bored or tired or sad and even if the story is great, you don't feel anything
I was empty reading last night, and the plot was great, but i'll have to read it again so i can feel it.
by mRhehehe December 25, 2023
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dirt empty

Something that is so undeniably empty that it becomes as valuable as dirt.

May be used adequately in formal and non formal environments
“Jamarr: Yo pass me the grinder so I can roll up another wood”
“Lenny: Nah cuz that shit dirt empty”
by BBC Commander July 27, 2021
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Emptiness

The feeling of when that one person that genuinely makes you happy leaves you.....
The emptiness inside the young boy was caused by her absence.
by Foreverhurting April 27, 2021
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empty

baiting your teammates , doesn't play for team.
that kid is trash he only empty frags roaming
by nubzya-r6number1champ March 21, 2021
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