guitar tuning where the bottom string is a perfect fifth lower than the next string, enabling the guitarist to play a powerchord with only one finger. the other strings are tuned the same as standard tuning. mostly used in metal.
most common examples:
drop D: DADGBE
dro C: CGCFAD
drop B: BF#BEG#C#
drop A: AEADF#B
drop tuning songs.
drop D-moby dick by led zeppelin
drop C-most bullet for my valentine songs
drop B-duality by slipknot drop A-psychosocial by slipknot
A comedic pseudonym, typically within engineering circles, for using brute force approach (typically a using hammer, see fine adjustment device) for solving a problem.
The step before dating, usually at this stage both people are aware they like each other but choose to get to know each other/flirt first. Probably the cutest and funnest stage.
WARNING: lack of official relationship may cause one of the people involved in tuning to believe dating/hooking up/tuning with others is acceptable.
cameron: "oi bra, who you tuning?"
jake: "hey man, that new chick kirsty"
cameron: "aw yeah she's real hot! but what happened to jess?"
jake: "still got her, tunin = freedom"
the act of purposely being a male booty call to the african american society. Booty call involves said person having a small white sausage with braided pubes that smell like caca.
Provides little to no pleasure and is only their to be man handled. This booty call can be aquired by going to the nearest
Stripes at 2 a.m. on tuesdays when he is the most homo.
Dude i got to go its gonna be 2 in the morning i gotta meet this guy says hes into Tuaning with black men all night.
To tweek or pinch the erect nipple as if it were the tuning knob on an analog radio. Popularized after WWII because the act of inexperienced males trying to please women resembled WWII radio operators adjusting the equipment knobs to 'tune in Tokyo'.
Being presented with his first pair of breasts made Urkle so nervous he did not know what to do and was reduced to his spaz self as the said Tuning in Tokyo while he tweeted the unfortunate girl's nipples
The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
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.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.
This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.
Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.