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Dog Day Afternoon 

A phrase of unknown origin, but common in the American South to refer to the hottest time of Summer when even the dogs slept under the porch in the shade. With no escaping the heat, all time stood still and everyone slept.
This was a dog day afternoon. The heat got to us all and even old yeller slept all day under the porch while the last of the corn dried in the field.
Dog Day Afternoon by Kim Bean August 17, 2019

Dog Day Afternoon 

As the Accidental Reincarnate says, "In literally having had many of a 'Dog Day Afternoon' spent particularly engaged in the activity now suggested. I have now found that while so indulging myself and enjoying a cold beverage on this life's many days of same, it much better having two hands with an opposable thumb than two paws and a long tongue!"
Have you ever spent a dog day afternoon wondering what Fido would do if he could make a fist?
Dog Day Afternoon by Gravy111 November 1, 2010

dog day afternoon 

Don't make me go "Dog day afternoon" on you. "Rat -a -at-tat. Your all dead. machine gun dead
dog day afternoon by woodsy140 September 24, 2012
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
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Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
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