Frank Smith: What did the Captain want?
Joe Friday: He’s raising the roof. Says he just got a call from the corner pocket. They’re leaning all over him. Says he’s tired of answering questions. Says we better come up with some of the answers for him.
The Big Mole - Dragnet (1950)
Deputy Chief Parks is only days away from occupying the “corner pocket"--the sixth-floor, Parker Center office of the chief of police.
David Dotson “The Right Stuff” August 10, 1997 LA Times
eight ball corner pocket; to say I am done with this situation and you. Being confident in the fact that you are done, as you would be in making a corner shot in a pool game.
A name for someone that is so annoying that you want to shove into the corner instead of saying “sit down and shut up”
Person 1: Ugh, this person is being so damn annoying!
Person 2: It can’t be that bad.
Person 1: He’s ruining the day for everyone! I just wanna shove him into a wall!
Person 2: He must be a real asshole in the corner pocket.
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.
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.