What is the function of utterances of this kind? ... their function is a learning function ... in the sense that they contribute to the child's learning about the environment.
... so we can interpret this mathetic function as arising from a combination of two other functions, the personal and the heuristic. (Halliday, M.A.K. (2003). The language of Early Childhood. London: Continuum. p. 80)
When a male gender gets a habanero pepper and cuts it in half, takes one half and enters it in his rectum area, and the other half into his pee hole. After doing this he runs in counterclockwise circles untill he throws up on a female circus mule.
"Man last night was so off the chain me and Andy did sixflaming matchsticks before 2 am."
Refers to simple or rudimentary pictures (drawings, paintings, etc) of people. They're called "matchstick men" because their limbs are made of simple lines, or matchsticks.
Con artists are also referred to as matchstick men because they create temporary personas that are fleeting and simple.
Dude, don't give that guy any money. His story doesn't add up. He's totally just a matchstick man.
Many a L. S. Lowry painting includes a matchstick man.