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waiting to exhale 

Based on the beginning of the movie "Waiting To Exhale" where a woman damages a man's personal property by cutting up his clothes, splashing bleach on them or burning them, cutting up the funiture and mattress, up to include damaging or burning his car after finding out he cheated on her. A woman will also most likely damage items or clothes that she bought for him.
When she found out I was cheating on her she went home and did a "waiting to exhale."
waiting to exhale by txmx2005 April 13, 2006

waiting to exhale 

waiting to give it up because you're not sure what your man's about
that player straight left me 'cause I was waiting to exhale...
waiting to exhale by medaeval February 6, 2004

waiting to exhale 

That period of time a woman has been “sucking in her gut” to appeal to potential suitors for a long time, and is getting desperate.
“Dude, did you see Trisha at the 10-year reunion? I remember she always looked so fine, but she got married and had 3 kids.”
“Hell yeah. She wasn’t waiting to exhale for very long! She didn’t just exhale, she damn well BLEW OUT!”
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square grouper

Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."
square grouper by slipsheet November 6, 2004
Word of the Day on October 7, 2026
A girl who does ballet and only talks about ballet. Her schedule is filled with dance classes which does not allow her to do any other activity.
"Hey, do you know that girl Sally?"

"Yeah, she's kind of annoying. All she ever talks about it ballet."

"Wow, what a Bunhead."

"Hey Sally, you want to hang out this weekend?"
"I can't, I have dance."
"You're such a Bunhead."

"Yeah... I know."
Bunhead by Jen00 October 24, 2014
Word of the Day on October 6, 2026

trucker's tan 

A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
Word of the Day on October 5, 2026
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