hanging on by a thread

idiom used to express struggling in some way, barely surviving/getting by, or relying on the very last bit of wherewithal someone has to stay afloat in life or in a particular situation

"After spilling my coffee all over myself, hitting bad traffic which made me late to work, and receiving a negative performance review from my boss, by the time the end of work rolled around I was barely hanging on by a thread."

by louisaaaa06 January 26, 2026

Hanging Chuck

Hanging mylar blankets from your walls in your home. #BCS

I am hanging mylar blankets around my seedling grow op. My girlfriend yelled at me "Are young hanging Chuck?"

Me:WTF???

GF: Better Call Saul

by TBoneMendez83 March 18, 2026

hanging out

this is a word which you can use when ur chilling

this is my username in nightpoint.io and i always just go to the house cuz theres a lot of people there and uhh then somebody with 2 cave bats installed in his ass comes up to me and starts shooting me like WHO WANTS A HUSK WITH 0 SCORE-

hey bro im hanging out

by dfffgsdgffgsdgffgfd March 26, 2025

Hanging chad

A hanging Chad is performed when one partner is suspended upside down while the other partner attempts to insert a copy of the US constitution into the hanging partners ass.

Hey, do you want to try that move I told you about, the hanging chad?

by Polypangirl July 19, 2025

Higging

The act of winning a competitive game against your friends.

Ex. Games of poker, pool, pickleball, etc.

Person 1: I’m higging you guys so hard right now.

Person 2: You always beat us in these petty games.

by Alphaleader67baller August 23, 2025

Hanging the horse

Ferociously tugging slug/beating off.

Suzie: "I hardly got any sleep last night! I think I heard Joe hanging the horse upstairs."

by sigmagoon32 January 15, 2026

Spawn Hogging

To kill ones character when they have spawned from a death in a multiplayer game.

When a players character dies and is killed immediatly after being respawned by another player who knows where the respawn site is.

General usage: "I just died and some fucking spawn hogger is killing me every time I respawn"

"I'm getting owned, I'm going spawn hogging"

by DarrenOB January 28, 2008