To engage in a wild spree.
Origin: The alussion is to the kind of riotous behavior that results in red blood being spilt.
Origin: The alussion is to the kind of riotous behavior that results in red blood being spilt.
by Kaileyxx July 26, 2005
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The film adaptation of the novel "House Of Sand And Fog", while depicting an old Iranian family in social and economic decline (and their rather desperate attempts to camoflage said occurrence) could easily be transposed to reflect what a great many current (and former) Grosse Pointers are going through in light of changing times. Never with a bonafide pedigree and a sudden lower status, they become, in effect, Grosse Pointe Towneys. Oh, how the mighty have fallen !
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1. A web hosting "company" that now is no longer in service. They offered free Linux-based hosting with shell access, which is extremely rare, were funded by donation, and tried to be somewhat "community" driven.
2. An idea that seems good and noble, but in fact, is doomed to never be successful due to its inherit naivete.
2. An idea that seems good and noble, but in fact, is doomed to never be successful due to its inherit naivete.
Let's start a company that gives all its profits to create better educational systems for unprivileged children!
Well, that'd be nice and all, but it's a total beige tower. I'm not going to invest in it.
Well, that'd be nice and all, but it's a total beige tower. I'm not going to invest in it.
by Isaac Z. Schlueter May 3, 2008
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by Snuggly Kitten July 8, 2020
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The combination of the double blumpkin supreme, the upper decker, the pterodactyl, and the eiffel tower
The combination of the double blumpkin supreme, the upper decker, the pterodactyl, and the eiffel tower
Tom: Dude, I saw the nastiest thing, this chick was doing the "double blumpkin upper decker dactyl tower" at that party on Saturday night.
Ted: Wow she must be a freak!
Tom: Yeah, I almost puked!
Ted: Wow she must be a freak!
Tom: Yeah, I almost puked!
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Get the not toward mug.When a boy is lying on the ground and is eating out one girl, whilst the other one is having sex with him, and then the girls high five.
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