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The inspiring teenage comic-book superhero, forged of Celtic steel, and secretly fighting evil and bad blokes all over England, Ireland, Scotland and sometimes Wales. His only weakness: ice-cream sandwiches.
"Why, look," exclaimed the townspeople of Altrichingham. "All the dogs have collars, all the babies are smiling, and the bullies are giving flowers to the little kids. What could it be?"
"Well," said shopkeeper Reg, pointing to his empty ice-cream freezer, "I think it's safe to say the mighty Earnan has been here."
"Hooray!" cried the townspeople, as they looked up in the sky... could that be him?
Earnan by Cinebelle July 2, 2011
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earning stripes 

Earning your stripes refers to putting in hard work and effort and earning respect from your peers as a result. Similar to mitary rank and displaying military stripes, moving up the chain of command from sergeant to Lieutenant to captain to major
Example 1:
Taeshawn: Did you see Omar putting in mad work after school in the gym?

Julius: Yep, he's earning stripes with the coach, Omar might be playing varsity ball this year.

Example 2:
Victor: Damn ese, Julio's been pushing mad weight lately homie, he pushed a key last week.

Jorge: Yea ese, the vatos in the barrio are saying that he's earning stripes with the O.G.'s.
earning stripes by RondoZongo February 4, 2014

earning a good bit of bunce 

It's cockney (i.e. from London) rhyming slang for earning money. Bunce is derived from bunsen burner (a common piece of school laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame and named after Robert Bunsen) and this rhymes with earner.
It was tough work but I was earning a good bit of bunce .
earning a good bit of bunce by J Jazz December 26, 2015

0 earnings 

When you have not earned any money in a game that has tournaments that you can win money in.
0 earnings by Urmomjames January 19, 2021

Earning the Red Wings 

When a man eats out a woman who is on her period.
Chris just earned his Red Wings
Earning the Red Wings by Kayla December 8, 2003
The art of loosing your virginity with a quick shag behind highstreet stores, such as tesco's or for a classier bang, waitrose.
"Well kids, loosing my virginity is an interesting story. Basically, I did an Earland..."
Earland by capslock78888 January 23, 2012

earning your redwings 

The science of pleasuring a girl to the fullest possible climax by eating her out while she's on her period.
"Dude, isn't your girlfriend on your period?
. "Yeah but I had to earn my redwings"
"oh my god don't tell me that dude"

"you will be earning your redwings one day"
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A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
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Every time I walk into the toy aisle, I catch myself kidulting over the latest action figures and LEGO sets!
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Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
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