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to the extreme

A marketing phrase used to show how IN YOUR FACE and TO THE MAX a product is. Used to show rebellion, angst, and/or defiance. Usually, only impressionable zombies buy into these clever schemes.
It's the most intense hamburger you'll ever eat. Satisfy your hunger...TO THE EXTREME!!!!!!!!!!
by Zero April 8, 2005
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to the oil

New Jersey term that means that someone is drunk or really high. When a car runs low on oil or doesn't have oil it doesn't function well or at all. This is how a person who is drunk acts... not functioning well or not at all!
Yo, you were to the oil last night.

Yeah, I was to the oil.

He always be to da oil.
by Myztique July 20, 2009
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To the dome

To the dome can also be used when referring to snorting drugs. The powder goes up your nose, and ultimately, to your dome, or head.
George: Did you eat that oxy?
Frank: Fuck eating it, I took that shit straight to the dome keeeeid!
by Brian Press December 28, 2007
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to the butter

used as a phrase of emphasis on an action word

origin: Acapulco, Mexico (side dish "Potatoes to the Butter" aka French Fries; at Playa Suites buffet)
Inside joke, later caught on as popular phrase of emphasis.
"Tonight, I'm gonna get crunk to the butter"

"I want to bang that chick to the butter."
by BPBPBPBPBPBPBPBP July 4, 2005
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To the Six

When someone picks their opponent up while in the standing position during a fight and drops them straight down with reckless abandon, in a motion path similar to the hands of a clock in the six o'clock position. Move is sometimes followed by someone screaming "WORLDSTAR!"
Tyrone: "Yo how did Travis end up in the hospital?"
Jerome: "Bruh he was fighting some dude that happened to be a wrestler and buddy took him to the six like nothin'"
Tyrone: "Damn right onto the back of his neck?"
Jerome: "Yeah bruh it was crazy."
by bicboiiii March 6, 2014
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to the teeth

To the greatest degree or extent; extremely, completely, or utterly.
I know it takes me a long time getting ready, but nothing feels better than being dressed to the teeth for a night out on the town.
Everyone in the bar was armed to the teeth, so we felt a little bit nervous sitting down for a drink in there.
I have to say, I'm fed up to the teeth with all the people littering on campus!
by asenfan February 28, 2020
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to the extent

A phrase increasingly used on cable news when the words "if" and "when" would be more concise without sacrificing accuracy. The reason why it's used this way is because it sounds less abrasive. A less abrasive-sounding phrase is helpful for manipulating you. Most of the time, in ordinary conversation, you never have to use "to the extent" unless you are trying to soften the impact of what you are about to say. If you hear the phrase "to the extent" in ordinary conversation, pay attention because someone may be manipulating you (or, alternatively, trying not to hurt your feelings too much).

Used correctly, it provides implied information regard the limit or scope of something.
You may not have paid the right amount to the extent your payment exceeded $10.

-->If you paid more than $10, you paid too much.

To the extent lawmakers pass bills to make corruption easier, voters should be concerned.
-->When lawmakers pass bills to make corruption easier, voters should be concerned.

Correct usage:
You may be required to pay taxes to the extent of your debt forgiveness.
This sentence could be reconstructed as: If you had your debt forgiven, you may be required to pay taxes. But using "to the extent" tells us the scope and limit: the more debt forgiven, the more taxes you will pay (but only up to a certain point). So by using "if" in this context, you miss out on some but not all of the meaning.
by cropatop March 31, 2021
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