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It's your dime

1. When receiving an unwanted telephone call, the phrase is used preemptively to remind the caller that they are paying for the call, in an attempt to have he or she reconsider the importance of placing this call.
(synonym: you're paying for this, you know)

2. Appended to an opinion about a purchase decision
(synonym: whatever you do with your money is fine by me)

3. An indication that one will not be paying for anything.
(synonym: you're picking up the tab)

4. Signifies ownership of loose change.
(synonym: that dime is yours)

5. Signifies that a decision is not up to you. Originated from decisions made in vehicles, where the longer idled, the more gas used, and thus the more money spent.
(synonym: it's not my decision to make)
1. "Speak up, it's your dime."

2. "Which Gucci handbag should I get?"
"I don't care, it's your dime."

3. "One beer, and... what'll you have?"
"Doesn't matter to me, it's your dime for it all."

4. "Look, I found a coin!"
"It's your dime."

5. "Should we go to Babbages or GameStop?"
"Dunno, it's your dime."
It's your dime by M.Duszynski July 20, 2008

It's your dime

Phrase. Definition dependent on context.
Typically means,
"You're paying for the telephone call, so":

1. "I'll listen to what you say,"
2. "say what you want," or
3. "place the call if you think it's necessary."

The phrase is a relic from a period when telephone calls placed from a coin-operated pay phone cost $.10 (a US dime).
1. "You're calling me on my home phone at night, but, hey, it's your dime, so speak."
2. "Dude -- you should call the radio station and tell the DJ about your spring break story. They won't cut you off -- it's your dime."
3. "If you need to tell your folks about the accident...Well, it's your dime."

It's your dime

Phrase. Definition dependent on context.
Typically means,
"You're paying for the telephone call, so":

1. "I'll listen to what you say,"
2. "say what you want," or
3. "place the call if you think it's necessary."

The phrase is a relic from a period when telephone calls placed from a coin-operated pay phone cost $.10 (a US dime).
1. "You're calling me on my home phone at night, but, hey, it's your dime, so speak."
2. "Dude -- you should call the radio station and tell the DJ about your spring break story. They won't cut you off -- it's your dime."
3. "If you need to tell your folks about the accident...Well, it's your dime."

Stealthie 

when you're holding up your phone and making faces at it, as though you are taking a selfie, but you're really taking a picture of the person across from you or the wall or anything else that seems interesting but you don't want to be caught dead taking a picture of.

This action is often made more convincing by wiggling the eyebrows or opening the mouth, to pretend you're trying to get a Snapchat filter to work.
FRIEND A: "Did you just take a stealthie of me?"

FRIEND B (turning phone around): "no I was just using snapchat's new filter, see?"
Stealthie by gwenhyfar October 2, 2016
Word of the Day on May 25, 2026

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
Word of the Day on May 23, 2026