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calibroke 

When an individual makes a handsome income of at least 6 figures, but they live in southern California so they still can't afford shit due to everything being so highly taxed and overpriced.
Hey you wanna go out and grab a drink?
Nah man. I can't afford it.
But I thought you make good money?
Yea but after paying $3200 in rent on my 10 square foot studio, paying $200 for a bag of carrots at the grocery store and filling my gas tank in exchange for my entire retirement fund, I'm calibroke and can't really go out.
calibroke by reeetery August 1, 2021
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calibrate 

phrase a criticism in a way that keeps you out of trouble
President Obama wishes he had "calibrated" his criticism of the Cambridge Police Department, so that he hadn't come under so much heat for the way he phrased it originally.
calibrate by MalibuGA July 27, 2009
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Men of Timber and Calibre

These are used for men of repute. Men that are highly respected in their community or around the world. These men are power brokers... Stylish, talented, witty, you name it, they command respect wherever they go.
Have you seen the list of the newly appointed ministers, those are men of Timber and calibre.
calibre = drum'n'bass god
calibre feat. mc fats - drop it down
calibre by liquid July 20, 2004

carbroke 

You spend all of your money on a shiny new vehicle with high cost and high payments, so you don't have money for anything else.
You are carbroke.
Can also apply with other items of high value that are unnecessarily expensive and take a large portion of one's income to acquire/maintain.
Marc got that new car. He pays too much.
He's hungry now though, 'cause he's carbroke.
carbroke by anonymous August 14, 2021

calibrated

Means to get high. Used mostly with the word 'get' in front of it.
'Let's get calibrated'
'I want to go get calibrated'
'I was so damn calibrated the other day...'

calibrate 

To find calibre the (caliber) of; correlate readings of (instrument etc) with a standard or commonly accepted value.
I calibrated my HF reciever with the 10.0000 MHz WWV/WWVB frequency standard.
calibrate by IrishRepublicanArmy December 26, 2003