The long black trench coat that adorns the shoulders of the ever so sexy Benedict Cumberbatch a.k.a Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock.

The swishy coat is known to intimidate even the most stubborn of people, and will occasionally make Cumberbitches go into fan-girl fits of lust, as well as make Sherlock seem like a total classy badass. (not as effective as The Purple Shirt of Sex)

Slang word for condom. Interestingly, the French equivalent is CAPOTE ANGLAISE, which means "English coat."

Those big air filled coats popular with inner city folks that easily make someone appear twice as fat as they are and make it virtually impossible for them to take up only one seat on public transportation.

You know, the 5 to 10 pounds you put on during the winter months.

(n.) A British soldier. Memoir of the days when red coats were worn. This practise was ended during the Boer war, and was stamped out completely when Germany stopped world war one being a gentlemans' war

(extra credit for dogfish)n. the invisible force that keeps you warm, irrelevant of the external temperature, after consuming vast amounts of alchoholic liquid refreshment...see also beer goggles beer muffs mystery taxi beer scooter

A pejorative term for the boring, preppy mainstream girls who come to hardcore shows and basically just hold their boyfriend's jackets while they're in the pit.

Coat racks, unlike your garden variety poseur, have no pretense of being part of the scene or the subculture. They're just there because their boyfriends drag them along to the show.