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shingle it up

To top it off, figuratively; to be the "icing on the cake"- as the shingles are the last finishing part of a building/ home.
Woman 1: Not only did my hair extensions get loose and fall out in the pool, but to shingle it up my booty call from last night gave me the clap!
Woman 2: Gurl you all tore up!
by M.M.M.M. January 10, 2008
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Shingo

Verb, to Shingo.

A simple way to define thinking you/someone can pull something off, but ends up failing.

Term visually taken from an Initial D battle between Shingo Shoji and Takumi Fujiwara.
Example 1
Person 1: Man, we did so well this time!
Person 2: Glad we weren't shingoing

Example 2
Person 1: You heard Mike tried to engage?
Person 2: Yup, he shingod real hard.
by notsoaccurate0014 November 25, 2019
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saving face

maintaining a good self image. People who are involved in a conflict and secretly know they are wrong will often not admit that they are wrong because they don’t want to admit they made a mistake.
charles knows he is wrong, so he is saving face by admitting he is wrong instead of getting into a fight.
by maeganb013 November 23, 2009
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hanging out my shingle

When a professional (especially a lawyer), rather than looking for a job, just goes and finds clients. This takes guts and a willingness to work constantly for precious little money in exchange for autonomy.
Law student 1: Hey, you made top 10%. I bet you could get that $160,000 opening at Rob, Ewe, and Howe!

Law student 2: Fuck those guys. I don't want to kiss ass for the next 20 years. I'm hanging out my shingle.
by cogitheum@mac.com February 7, 2009
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Saving Private Ryan Rule

When someone has hooked up with every single sibling of the same gender but one, he/she is not allowed to hook up with the remaining sibling.
Hey, did Ross sleep with Sally when he was back in Iowa?

No, she wanted to but he couldn't do it - the Saving Private Ryan Rule, you know? He's already hooked up with Jane and Samantha.

Oh, right.
by Get.Big. August 7, 2009
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grundle shavings

are shaven off grundles/pubes/pubic hair.
She kept all of her grundle shavings in a baggy under her bed so her parents wouldn't find out.
by o milinhos July 6, 2008
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some sort of an infection from shaving or something

I went to the dermatologist today and my face is breaking out from herpes. Turns out it was some sort of an infection from shaving or something.
by Doctor Chivago March 7, 2008
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