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The Numbers

INTERROGATOR: The numbers, Mason, what do they mean?
Mason: I DON'T FUCKING KNOW!

The Numbers

A mysterious sequence of numbers that keeps appearing, either in fully or individually, on the American hit TV drama Lost. The sequence is 4-8-15-16-23-42.
"Wait, that metronome has '108' on it! Isn't that the sum of the Numbers?"
The Numbers by Shay Guy October 23, 2006

The Numbers

Uptown Manhattan, where numbers are used to define streets, not names. Everything above 14th street, more or less. Meaningless jive area, doesn't need to exist.

Everything except New A-Town in Manhattan is "The Numbers"
Guy one: I ain't goin all the way to fourty-deuce, I am staying away from the numbers.

Guy two: Word, screw them. New A-Town pride!
The Numbers by atomic jerk December 22, 2005

The numbers! 

The best. A phrase used when an act, object or person produces 1. positive financial return; 2. positive outcome; 3. when situations occur allowing for gain
Example 1.
"I don't know how to tell you this, but I'm kind of a big deal. You could say I'm the numbers of Napa Valley."

Example 2.
"We finished 10 surgeries by 5pm! That's the numbers!"
(The surgeon completed a large number of cases in a short amount of time, thus leading to an increase in profit for the hospital and surgeon. The numbers.)
The numbers! by Pistol Layman August 30, 2011

the numbers on the back 

it is your mom's credit card information
Ok now put the numbers on the back in chat

Playing the numbers

A predecessor to state-run lotteries in the 1960s and '70s that thrived in poor neighborhoods.

The number was determined on a given day, by taking the second and third digits from the total amount of money in bank clearances from a predetermined bank, and the third digit in the Federal Reserve Bank's credit balance. On a day when the bank clearings were $589 million and the Fed's credit balance $116 million, the "89" from the first amount was combined with the "6" of the second to establish the day's winning number, 896.
Say, man You going to be playing the numbers today? Give me a nickel on 821. Make sure you combinate me.
Playing the numbers by The Amalamps October 17, 2010
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Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
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