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Yankee Swap

The Yankee Swap is when, at christmas, you take the someone else present giving him/her yours

you can find an example of it in tv series "The Office" (us) season 2, episode 10
in this episode, when the party gets worse:

Michael: I got it! We are going to turn Secret Santa into Yankee Swap.
Jim: What is Yankee Swap?
Michael: One person chooses a gift. The next person can either choose a gift or steal that person's gift. If your gift gets stolen, then you can steal somebody else's gift or choose a new gift.
Jim: I thought that was called Nasty Christmas.
Pam: Yeah, we call it White Elephant.
Michael: Well, I call it fun!
Oscar: Why are we doing this?
Michael: Because it's better. Because it's more special.
Angela: It sounds mean.
Michael: Shut it. No, it's not. Okay, just give it a shot.

Michael: Okay, Meredith is up first. Here's the deal. You can either pick a new gift or you can steal somebody else's gift that they've already gotten, like the oven mitt.
Meredith: I'll take the teapot.
Jim: Oh, shouldn't we ... I bought that specifically for Pam.
Michael: Yankee Swap! That's what makes it fun. Pam, you can steal the oven mitt now.
Pam: I'll take the iPod.
Ryan: And I have to give it to her? I don't have a choice?
Dwight: Yes, now you can steal the oven mitt, the old shirt or the shower radio or pick a new gift.
Stanley: (after Ryan opens a new gift - a nameplate saying 'Kelly') That was meant for Kelly.
Ryan: Yeah, I figured.
Michael: I think this is going great.

Michael: Everyone wants the iPod. It's a huge hit. It is almost a Christmas miracle.

Dwight: Yankee Swap is like Machiavelli meets ... Christmas.
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Yankee Swap

It is a sexual act between two guys when one homie is sucking the other homie's dick, and then they swap where the guy that just received head is now sucking the other homie's balls.
Friend 1: "Bro you down for some Yankee Swap tonight?"
Friend 2: "Yea but only if I get to go first"
Yankee Swap by lilnutzak69 January 26, 2021

Yankee Swap

When your Xbox 360 (or similar product) breaks and you go to the store and buy a new one, returning the old, broken one in its place for a full reimbursement.

Remember to switch the serial number sticker and pay with cash. Works well at department stores such as: Wal-Mart, Target, and K-Mart.
Yesterday my Xbox 360 red ringed so I Yankee Swapped at Wal-Mart.

yankee swap

the ultimate game-changer - calling Yankee Swap at any point during any game (chess, Settlers of Catan, etc.) allows for an abandonment of the previous rules and the reign of a new order.
Player 1: "Hey man, you can't just trade in one of your pawns for a queen and a rook!"
Player 2: "Whatever man, it's Yankee Swap."

Yankee Swap

When a group of males steal a females phone and take anonomous pictures of their penises, afterwhich they tell said female's boyfriend that they found a bunch of cocks on her phone.
I was at this christmas party where they had a yankee swap.
Yankee Swap by Heenryy December 24, 2009

Yankee Swap

Slang: A term used to describe the act of oral sex being performed between two partners simultaneously. Synonymous with 69.
“I had an embarrassing experience. I came home early and caught my parents in the middle of a yankee swap. There was jizz everywhere.”
Yankee Swap by Dr. Snoctopus November 5, 2017

flophouse 

Any house/apartment/frat house/trailer/etc. which is used for individuals to crash (sleep, chill, hang out, lurk, etc.) for a period of time. In order to "crash", one must not actually live there (e.g. have their name on the lease, own said flophouse, etc.). Flophouses are typically used by college students, drug addicts, transients, vagrants, or other unsavory characters.

A flophouse may also be the home owned by the parents of a college student, who after being away at college, wishes to live as if he/she is still at college (e.g. staying out all night, returning just to crash at mom and dad's house, then leaving again), rather than conforming to the pre-college rules.
Example #1
Dude: (Talking to someone passed out face first on the floor of his college apartment) Hey man, who the hell are you? What do you think this is, a flophouse??

Bro: Sorry dude, I must have passed out for a minute.

Example #2
Mom: Where have you BEEN for the last three days? You come home just to sleep?? What do you think this is, a flophouse??!!

Son: What's your problem? I'm an adult now!
flophouse by J3553 November 21, 2007
Word of the Day on July 27, 2026