breaking lead

Expression referring to an instructor's frustration (literally: mechanical pencil lead breaking under excessive comment writing pressure) while marking a student paper which violates both instruction and Standard American English.

After having marked 42 essays that compared and contrasted two poems, nearly every one of them ignoring the pointed lesson of the previous class, by the 43rd I was breaking lead when the student wrote that the poets had "concocted imagery" and employed "religious illusions".

by Gemini Professor March 8, 2011

Pee Break

Break for peeing during a show/movie

The Lesnar vs Orton match at summerslam 2016 it's going to be the pee break of the evening.

by NoSoyMontana July 7, 2016

breaking dawn

The last chapter of the Twilight Saga which was an epic fail; can be used to refer to epic fails.

That movie was such a Breaking Dawn.

by jacay October 14, 2008

break the ice

to get to know a person or people by avoiding awkwardness

This is an opportune time to break the ice.

by The Return of Light Joker March 24, 2009

break time

Slang term for the act of smoking cannabis, originating in Swinton, Manchester. Believed to be started by Mr. Roberts.

Stu: Hey Max, My watch says its break time.

Max: I think it might be break time too Stuart. How about you Thomas?

Tom: Why's everybody acting like its break. Its not even break.

by Luca Toni Varchetta Delle Cave June 24, 2009

Swine Break

You get a week off from school due to swine flu.

"Just like Spring Break!"

"How's your Swine Break going?"

by eeky May 4, 2009

Spring Break

A week in which one does not wear pants.

tom-"hey what are you doing for spring break?"
jeff-"sleeping till noon, and not attempting to get up or wear pants."

by bitchimgod March 29, 2010