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In Australia when a car is pulled over by the police for being unroadworthy a defect notice is given and a large yellow sign (canary) is stuck to the front windscreen.

Being given a defect notice is thus referred to as 'being canaried'.
I got canaried on the way home because my car is a mobile disaster area. The cop was a total babe though so it wasn't all bad.
Canaried by Darvon June 1, 2011
Words you can keep

yellow canaries 

ok yellow canaries in the watch, cranberry on the drop, ben and jerrys on the spot.
yellow canaries by Cardan December 15, 2007

canaries 

a type of diamond, usually worn by a rapper, or thug with a flowing amount of money. A sign of prosperity.
rockiin tha canaries on mah wrist!
canaries by Ify N. August 30, 2005

Northern Canaries 

Saddos who support norwich football club but live in northern England.
guy that does not work to full potential
That canarie did not work to his full potential
canarie by create3d November 4, 2007

Canaries 

The homosexual pioneers who move into an undesirable area, carve out a home for themselves, and transform it into an up-and-coming neighborhood, or "gayborhood."

Like canaries in a mine, if they survive, others can stay and thrive, as well.
The rapid influx of canaries served as the saving grace for a neighborhood that was otherwise doomed to a future void of bright colors and Chardonnay.
Canaries by Manack February 12, 2012

canaries 

A untrustworthy individual commonly working with the police , can be used to describe a snitch,rat,pigeon,betrayer,backstabber, in various formality one that appears genuine but is infact counterfeit;
Canaries
J.E.T ;sup wit it O.G. ?

O.G ; whats really real wit cha' J.E.T tell me them facts about them new fools on the next block,I needs to know ..!!!
J.E.T ; I got you ,well umm let me just say them be some straight pigeons best to keep them in a distance, hawking it on the real,ya feel..?
O.G ; good work J.E.T get to deploying that decon for those rats ya dig..!!!
J.E.T ; on the one ,got to do it moving ,I'll keep you in the loop..!!

Defined 2 all marks,narks,swine,lying,dividing,rat, snitch,loose lipped,counterfeit,confidential informents,blabbing,fakes,snakes,fiction spitting,spineless,get goners
canaries by Pepéleepew January 27, 2022
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Back when I lived in upstate new york 

A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
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Acronym, meaning Too Long Didn't Understand
Similar to TLDR
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.

Me: Woah! TLDU!
TLDU by L-Evans January 14, 2019
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the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
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Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026

board chow 

A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.

B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.

B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026
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