The Sterlings 

1. An extremely rare disease unheard of in the Eastern Hemisphere of the world. Only two cases in the entire world have been diagnosed. Common side effects include: excessive infatuation with Japanese culture, inability to focus or do something at all perceived productive, and an incalculable hatred of water and salad.

When my friend had The Sterlings, he never left the house because he couldn't stop watching Anime porn.

My dad almost died in the desert because he would not drink water because he had The Sterlings.

Man, I felt like I had The Sterlings, I did not finish my homework, i forgot to go to practice, and I played my Nintendo DS until 3AM.

The Sterlings by Bobo MeSee 2 April 19, 2009

pulling the strings 

Controlling someone like a puppet

Michael Moore : - Who's pulling the strings of the president?

pulling the strings by etzelet December 1, 2010

Cut the strings 

Refers to the strings of a puppet. Cutting the strings means that you are being "real" and not fantasizing or dreaming about something. Being a puppet means that you are not responsible, not a man, always dreaming about unrealistic things. Cutting the strings means you stop and think rationally about something.

Me: "what if we made our own shoe brand and moved to California selling the best shoes ever!"
Bro: "dude, cut the strings, you know that ain't never gonna happen"

Cut the strings by Hausenfef October 18, 2016

See the strings 

Anything that takes you out of a book, film or tv show by exposing the creative process.

In old movies where you could literally see the string holding people up, you would be taken out of the film because you could see the method of creating the effect, and be reminded you were watching a movie. Examples could also include speech making in books and films, where the characters are spouting the writer's philosophy, or going into expositional dialogue.

That speech just ruined it for me; I could see the strings.

That lazy coincidence took me out of the story completely - I hate it when I can see the strings.

See the strings by gumbo23 February 5, 2014

on the strings

When someone or something is in a weak or vulnerable position. Similar to being 'on the ropes', but less extreme

Hey, how well is Alex playing?
Poor - iv'e got him on the strings.

on the strings by pipesmcgee March 1, 2017

cut the strings 

An exclamatory phase instructing someone to immediately stop whatever they are doing, usually for the dire safty of themselve and/or others.

Derivered from the U.S. Army Air Assualt school, where it is a command yelled out when a helicopter's towed payload has snaged on something, and the crew has only a few split seconds before the tow lines go taunt and the helicopter crashes.

Can be accompanied by or said silently with the Army hand signal of holding one arm straight and level ahead with palm open and down, then moving the other arm in an open palm-down horizontal repeated cutting motion underneath the straight arm.

Bob had too much to drink at the bar, and his friends couldn't help but notice. At first they where just humerously watching; but when Bob started to hit on a shemale, they caught his attention with handsignals while mouthing the words "CUT THE STRINGS!"

cut the strings by awelltrainedferret May 7, 2007

The sterling byrd

A big black cock having old saggy balls. Also has lots of gray hair on an around the general area.

The sterling Byrd was all BJ could talk about after a night out on the town!

The sterling byrd by Bigdaddy81 December 6, 2017