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From Amazing Grace to A Floating Opportunity 

An old Southern term an African-American mother uses to describe an long and sometimes well deserved, ass-whooping in order to warn her child, or others who cross her. This African-American saying, used as a motherly warning, first popped up in the 1930 play Mule Bone by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
“You’d better behave, or I’ll knock you from amazing grace to a floating opportunity!”

amazing grace 

When you haven’t been as religious as you were and should be but the lord shows you he loves you anyway, by helping you out with the struggles of life, such as getting an assignment turned in on time after procrastinating or being able to get up enough money to repair your ride.
Nick: Hey dawg, you get those financial ratios done?

Me: yeah man...

Nick: Damn, how did you do it?

Me: amazing grace, idk how else to put it
amazing grace by ZachAttack94 September 25, 2018

amazing grace academy 

A school that is known for having one grumpy teacher,that doesn’t know how to have fun.If you go to amazing grace academy,you will find lots of nice people there,there’s always one kid who has a terrible hair cut.The school probably isn’t very big like public schools,but you would have more opportunities there then at a public one.The school probably has a kid with a Afro,a kid with long hair,and...a kid with no hair at all.
“What school do you go to?” “Amazing grace academy.”

Amazing Grace 

another word for broken vessels aka slitting your wrist
Yo amazing grace sounds good right now I'm tired of this shit
Amazing Grace by sfw.canna January 3, 2019

amazing grace conservatory 

an amazing performing arts school located in los angeles, california. primarily black and hispanic students
What are you doing this Saturday?
I'm going to Amazing Grace Conservatory to sing, act, dance, and learn about film.

Cuss you out from amazing grace to a floatin opportunity 

To cuss someone out from amazing grace to a floatin opportunity. In church phrases typically by church queens or COGIC Granny. To be cussed out from amazing grace to a floatin opportunity. Entails a very flamboyant and androgynous church queen. While being "read" for evey insecurity one may have. While being preached vulgarity. Usually in a humourous religious tone.
I will cuss you out from amazing grace to a floatin opportunity. Talking about that boy gone be me in 20 years!
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
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Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
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piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
piddlefart by Rene April 25, 2005
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anyone who succeeds in disgracing/over indulging themselves in the throws of clubland
28 hours and 4 clubs later, gurning for england but still refusing to go home - a total wrongun!!
wrongun by bevvers March 21, 2007
Word of the Day on October 8, 2026

square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
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