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wears a green hat

wears a green hat by ggigii September 11, 2007

Wears the pants

1. Refers to the person in charge.
2. The phrase stems from the time of patriarchy when men went out and worked to provide for their families while women tended the home. Men wore pants while women were more likely to wear dresses. The men of that time were seen as the leaders of their families.
3. An insult to one memember of a relationship, usually the male, who has lost or willingly given the majority of control of the relationship to the other.
Ben: Hey, what happened to Joe? His phone rang and the next thing I know he was gone.

Jake: Oh that would have been his wife Donna calling and telling him to come home and put his dishwashing skirt on. She wears the pants in that house.
Wears the pants by Justaineer December 19, 2008

wears sketchers

If someone does something that another person does not approve of, or said person makes a comment against a popular trend or the consensus of a majority, the opinion or credibility of that person may simply be thrown out by stating that they "wear sketchers," implying that they are not in a position to make a proper judgment on the particular subject being discussed.
Person 1: "Hey, did you hear Jim today? He said that the BCS system is fine the way it is!"

Person 2: "Nah, man, he's a fool. That clown wears sketchers."
wears sketchers by JMP2010EC December 23, 2010

Wears the trousers 

Wearing the trousers is a reference to a man being in charge and when a woman wears the trousers she is the one in charge because trousers were traditionally worn by men who were traditionally the ones in charge
Blake may seem bossy , but it's Lisa that really wears the trousers in that relationship .

wears a smock to a party 

when using this phrase, it means you are referring to the person or idea as being lame.
Jess wears a smock to a party.

Wanna watch America's Next Top Model?
No way, that show wears a smock to a party.

wears sensible shoes

referring to women who wear flat or comfortable shoes as in sensible such that they are lesbian or dykes
you know .....Leslie wears sensible shoes..you might have a chance with her
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Slop Grenade

When someone uses AI to generate a large document, slide deck, or piece of code/software and tosses it over the fence for you to deal with.
Chad: Hey Brent I sent you the new backend API change to review, it’s only 100 files changed.

Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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