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all skate 

A phrase indicating that everyone can or must take part in a certain activity. Derived from the 1970's jargon of the inexplicably popular skating rinks.
Original: Rink DJ: "OK, we're gonna put on the BeeGees. Everybody get on on teh floor, it's an all skate!"

Now: Employee One: "Did you get to slide out of the sexual harassment training yesterday?"

Employee Two: "No. It was an all skate."
all skate by Woody August 25, 2004
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all skate 

Descriptive term for a traffic situation that is so precarious and hideous, it appears as if there are no rules since cars seemingly careen and swerve all over the freeway/highway in near-miss collisions. (Term is derived from 70's skating rink jargon "all skate," wherein all skaters were called to the rink to skate -- and most then did so with absolute lunacy and reckless abandon.)
OMG, I was just caught in an "all skate" on the 5 freeway and almost got ran over by a semi truck!

Dude, it's a total "all skate" -- watch out for that jackass in the Mercedes!!
all skate by Kayt Bass July 19, 2011

All Skate 

In reference to dance or musical theatre; an “All Skate” refers to when all dancers on stage are doing the exact same step. Usually the highlight or main chorus of a number.
“My favorite part of newsies is the all skate in “King of New York” where they all dance together.”
All Skate by banananananna January 2, 2020

bang a you-ee 

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"
hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee
Word of the Day on July 19, 2026
The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.
"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"
Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013
Word of the Day on July 18, 2026
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026