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Northeast US slang for cheap, loud, obnoxious, boisterous people; usually refers to, but not only, the Italian-American community. The Italian equivalent of chutzpah.
Those people that took home all the leftover eggplant parmigiana from the party without even asking are such cavones.
Cavones by JC Judd September 23, 2008
Words you can keep
It closely translates to, "Vultures." It's used by Italians, mostly, and is typically derogatory. It's come to mean uncouth and classless.
They sweeped through that buffet like a bunch of cavones on a dead body in the desert.
Cavones by Desirée B. January 13, 2008
Spanish for "drawers" (as in, the kind in a dresser or desk). This word is often confused by non-Spanish speakers with cojones (note the different vowel sound), which is Spanish slang for balls, but they are in fact two very different words.
Venta de escritorio con dos cajones (Desk for sale, with two drawers).
cajones by duder November 16, 2004
used by Italian Americans to describe someone who is disrespectful, has no class or no couth.

"Wadda you a cavone? Watch your mouth in front of the lady."
"Chew your food, you eat like a cavone."
"This place is a mess, you live like a cavone."
cavone by Joey Bona Fortuna February 27, 2008

Canonese 

The language photographers who own Canon cameras and gear use in forums and in everyday life that can be abbreviations or idioms that other photographers will not understand. For example: The 5D DoF with the UW lenses is much more pronounced than the 40D because of the crop factor.
If you don't speak Canonese, you probably don't know anything about Canon photography.
Canonese by SuzyView February 18, 2008

phone cajones 

The ability to forcefully, and often angrily, speak your mind while on the phone but not usually in person.
He's got one hell of a set of phone cajones. He was really giving it to the customer service rep on the phone but when he went down to the store, he totally fell apart.
phone cajones by Kaptain1 June 10, 2007
A person that posts "cahones" but won't admit it's wrong, has no cojones.
cahones by Vrede June 1, 2010
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1. Meaning nasty, sexy, filthy. Popularized by Christina Aguilera.

2. Used usally as a close friend in hip-hop slang.
1. Wanna get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party Sweat drippin' over my body
Dancin' gettin' just a little naughty

2. Sup Dirrty? Haven't seen you in a while.
dirrty by Minty November 30, 2003
Word of the Day on September 3, 2026

Coyote Ugly

1. Place

The Bar came before the movie. It is an awesome bar where the girls know how to party and make you feel okay about giving up your money, drawers, bras, and dignity.

2. Movie

A story about a Jersey girl following her dreams, aided by working at this bar in New York.

3. Situation/Person/Decision

See other definitions - waking up next to someone so ugly you'd rather chew your arm off than wake them up.
1. Yo, Coyote Ugly is my favorite bar! I got whipped, stripped, drunk, and danced on the bar all before 7 o'clock!

2. Hey did you see Coyote Ugly? It actually has a plot!

3. Ugg I woke up to Coyote Ugly this morning!
Coyote Ugly by jerseycountry March 8, 2009
Word of the Day on September 2, 2026

Literally 1984 

Used in response for when someone promotes/advocates an event or idea that is perceived to support "too much" authority and/or government control.

Often used jokingly as a over-exaggeration in political talk.

Can also be used in response to a ban or mute in a forum site or online chat.
Steve: I think that the government should regulate businesses more
Bob: Literally 1984!

--User1 has been permantly banned--
User2: You cant ban my friend like that! Literally 1984!
Literally 1984 by ke1 July 7, 2021
Word of the Day on September 1, 2026

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.
Word of the Day on August 31, 2026
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
Word of the Day on August 30, 2026
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