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yellow hammer 

Inbred people such as those depicted in the film "The Deliverance".
Look at those Yellow Hammers sodomizing canoe riders down by the river!
yellow hammer by Michelle Hammons September 7, 2004

Yellow Hammer 

In rural Kentucky, after men went off to war and died in the 1940's, mothers needed to reproduce and so they had sex with their own sons, having inbreed children. These inbred children had multiple defects, and earned the nickname "Yellow Hammer"
Sandy-"Why does Cleetus have so many mental problems?" Duane-"Oh, you didn't hear? He's a yellow hammer."
Yellow Hammer by Menace5 August 24, 2009

yellow hammer 

A light skinned female, usually of African American heritage. A synonym for yellow bone which itself is a variation of red bone
Here's an incident that got me sent to the slammer; I'm in the club rappin to this yellow hammer. This bitch was holdin', severely cut; so I'm rappin to her right, to see if she'll fuck.

Geto Boys/Willie D "Read These Nikes"
yellow hammer by BNitti August 30, 2008

yellow hammer 

A person of the trades (auto mechanic, carpenter, plumber) who knows virtually everything about his particular line of work, but little to nothing about anything else. This can include life itself. While not considered a derogatory term by any means, it *implies* said person would do well my expanding their horizons.
Darn this carburetor! I can't figure it out. I gotta call yellow hammer over and have him take a look at it.
yellow hammer by Harvey B. February 9, 2009

yellow hammer 

white chick
"so im rappin to this yellow hammer, right? to see if she'll fuck..."
yellow hammer by sir black-a-lot September 19, 2003

yellowhammer 

Actually, it's a reference to inbred people from Wilmington, IL. Though being that Alabama is in the South and most ignorant people think inbreeding is a southern only thing, I can see how some could think that.

Wilmington became famous for being a stop on U.S. Route 66, which followed the route of modern-day Illinois Route 53. A notable attraction for travelers along this route is the hammers or yellow hammers that live in brodies woods they once worked on the railroad using yellow hammers and set up residency in Wilmington. They bred within the family and became mutant from insest.
Watch out for those yellowhammers when in Wilmington!
yellowhammer by fr0sty_nugs September 11, 2009
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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.
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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.
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No Surprises Wedding

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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.
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