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The art of stealing street/construction signs. Usually, any street sign is acceptable to take, however, it is an unspoken rule that signs such as "Hospital" or "In Memory Of" be left alone. Most people say it is unacceptable to take "Stop" signs, but if it's in a sparsely trafficed area, it is usually fine. Almost anything else is fair game. Some people hold contests to see who who is able to jack the funniest/rarest signs. This is a popular sport among the Hellraisers.
Hellraiser 1: Dude, I just jacked a Police Parking Only Sign while signing last night!

Hellraiser 2: You got balls man, but mine is funnier, it says, "Speed Humps Zone"! That one's goin' in my dorm for sure.
signing by TZR May 21, 2006
Words you can keep
An urban sport that involves taking peoples house signs and making off with them.
Lets go signing
Signing by Billhookboys April 14, 2009

Signing Madness 

When an author promices to sign a very large amount of pre-ordered books in an ever decreasing amount of time.
Symptoms include bad fashion sense, increase puff levels, RSI, and stunted youtube videos. Sypmtoms fade once book is released and signing - the cause - also stops.
2011 John Green's promise to sign all copies of pre-ordered 'TFIOS' (The Fault In Our Stars). Now he has Signing Madness.
Signing Madness by Shortcut888 October 19, 2011

signing off 

A term to describe the act of leaving an area, or agreeing with a project.
Contributor "Loxi" is permanently signing off from the Urban Dictionary today so she can concentrate on delivering her special brand of humor to the unsuspecting spouse, kids, and people in the neighborhood - and to allow other dictionary contributors to have their say.

Long may Urban Dictionary reign!
signing off by Loxi July 23, 2009

Signing Cheques you can't cash 

Making a promise that you have no realistic chance you can keep.
Jordy to Cheryl - I promise you will win a new car today.
Cheryl to Jordy - You're Signing Cheques you can't cash

Signing Mo Vaughn 

Hooking up with a chubby girl, in honor of Steve Phillips' worst decision as general manager, and his worst decision as ESPN analyst.
"Where'd Nick get to?" "Oh, he's upstairs with that fat girl, signing Mo Vaughn."
Signing Mo Vaughn by it666 October 26, 2009

Signing yearbooks 

Going to someone's house to make out or have sex. Usually used when it happens at the end of the school year.
Hey did you see Kim come out of Ron's house? I bet they were signing yearbooks
Signing yearbooks by Tim Al September 3, 2006
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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
the act of having anonymous sexual encounters with other men in public toilets.
Cottaging by greeef April 24, 2003
Word of the Day on August 29, 2026

Salad Days 

green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.

Rashness with little concern of consequence.

Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare

"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."

- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
"How did you end up in jail?"

"Salad days, 'nuf said."
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 28, 2026

age gate 

An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
Billy: "So I was trying to watch some videos for an M rated game, and I ran into an age gate, so I put in my real birthday. SOMEHOW it managed to figure out that I am 12. CURSE YOU AGE GATE!!!"

Bill: "Fucking age gate! *quick scroll* THERE! I was born on January 1, 1904. Fuck you age gate."
age gate by Banja January 7, 2011
Word of the Day on August 27, 2026
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