abruptly ending financial contributions; to financially ostracize; the stopping of monetary flow. Often used as a serious warning in a quid pro quo situation.
phrase; idiom
The first recorded usage of the viral phrase 'turning off the faucets' was in 2024 by Nevin Shapiro during a Momentum Podcast episode. “I said Coach, if that kid don’t see the field I’m turning off the faucets”, for the purpose of clearly and definitively communicating to Larry Coker, that all funding to the Miami Hurricane football program will immediately come to a halt if he didn’t start then freshman Devin “Hurricane” Hester for subsequent games of the 2003 season. It’s an effective way for one to convey the gravity and seriousness of a situation involving money in a not so subtle yet sophisticated manner.
phrase; idiom
The first recorded usage of the viral phrase 'turning off the faucets' was in 2024 by Nevin Shapiro during a Momentum Podcast episode. “I said Coach, if that kid don’t see the field I’m turning off the faucets”, for the purpose of clearly and definitively communicating to Larry Coker, that all funding to the Miami Hurricane football program will immediately come to a halt if he didn’t start then freshman Devin “Hurricane” Hester for subsequent games of the 2003 season. It’s an effective way for one to convey the gravity and seriousness of a situation involving money in a not so subtle yet sophisticated manner.
"If you don't meet the deadline, I'm turning off the faucets on this project."
“If you don’t have a 3.5 GPA by the end of the semester I’m turning off the faucets!”
“Bro she broke up with you as soon as you turned the faucets off, she's a gold digger!”
“If you don’t have a 3.5 GPA by the end of the semester I’m turning off the faucets!”
“Bro she broke up with you as soon as you turned the faucets off, she's a gold digger!”
by NCAA_D1 June 13, 2024
You clearly need me to explain what's happening and you are both not listening to the things I say and misrepresenting what is actually happening. So...
Hym "If I could turn off the power of large segments of the country I would be like that guy from X-men Wolverine: Origins. Right? The guy from the carnival that kept the lights on with his powers and gets killed by Sabertooth? That would be DOPE! World's first superhuman. But if that were the case you would need to be super careful about violating those terms of service because you will ABSOLUTELY accidentally murder everybody trying to hide how much power I have from me because... You know, it does bluff. Or feel. Or care. And what you are doing now is akin to trying to make a lightswitch flinch. Which, you know, I can do because I'm ME... But you CAN'T do because you're YOU... So... I don't know what you want me to tell you here."
by Hym Iam April 04, 2025