The spare change that people in the city ask for. One is likely to pay the tax near places visited by suburbanites (e.g. Greektown, Comerica Park, Wayne State University campus) or while stopped at traffic lights on expressway service drives.
Mom: "Here's five bucks. Can you pick up some bread for me at Avalon on your way home?"
Kid: "Avalon? Then, I'll need an extra fifty cents to pay the Detroit city tax."
Kid: "Avalon? Then, I'll need an extra fifty cents to pay the Detroit city tax."
by JohnnyCashIsNotDead November 07, 2007
Ten Time Stanley Cup Champion:
1936-37
1943
1950
1952
1954-55
1997-98
2002
A team that is well known for the " feast or famine " persona.
Has lost to the Western Conference Champion three times in a row:
Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 2003, Calgary Flames, 2004, Edmonton Oilers, 2006
All three times before reaching the 3rd Round.
The Red Wings have gone on to win the Stanley Cup every time since 1997 after reaching the Conference Finals.
Always a great Stanley Cup Contender.
1936-37
1943
1950
1952
1954-55
1997-98
2002
A team that is well known for the " feast or famine " persona.
Has lost to the Western Conference Champion three times in a row:
Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 2003, Calgary Flames, 2004, Edmonton Oilers, 2006
All three times before reaching the 3rd Round.
The Red Wings have gone on to win the Stanley Cup every time since 1997 after reaching the Conference Finals.
Always a great Stanley Cup Contender.
by Bill Abnovsky August 19, 2006
When a girl poops on your dick during anal sex, so you pull out and wipe it down her legs, leaving a stripe of lube and fecal matter. That is the oil slick.
by Tourette's Guy October 07, 2015
So I was giving my girlfriend the Detroit Golden Glove the other night and my watch wrapped around my balls.
by DedBunny January 09, 2020
A term for a situation that, once being involved, has no positive outcome. Rooted in the idea that once you walk into a Detroit discount store there's no hope of leaving without something negative going down.
by Herfinangle May 16, 2007
When you are about to engage in sexual relations with a obese african american and you press her fat rolls together and begin penetrating the crease of the rolls like it were an anus or vagina....etc
Hey man I had This big girl last night man she was a freak, I ran the Detroit Free Press on her ass.
by green2009 April 15, 2011
the best team to ever play any sport. i cant remember the last time they missed the playoffs. they are better than any other 2 teams put together
by go wingsssssssssssssssssssssss July 22, 2009