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Knock those guys down to size
Make the aforementioned guys realize they are not as powerful, important, or impressive as they think they are, often through humiliation or a humbling experience.
Ryan: (face radiating with jealousy as he watches the Chipmunks hit on the girls) Somebody's gonna have to knock those guys down to size.
Xander: Well, that should be pretty easy. I mean, they're only eight inches tall.
-Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Xander: Well, that should be pretty easy. I mean, they're only eight inches tall.
-Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Knock those guys down to size by johnzilla1126 February 18, 2026
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Debbie Downsize
Someone who is always talking about the potential for being laid off, and tries to get others to be worried with her. A variation on the term Debbie Downer from Saturday Night Live.
Johnny: Man JT is always talking about layoffs. It's starting to make me worry!
Sloan: I know, he is such a Debbie Downsize.
Sloan: I know, he is such a Debbie Downsize.
Debbie Downsize by AlastairRobertoMichaelson May 7, 2009
downsize
To reduce the size of company by firing employees, usually with the intention of compromising for something else.
downsize by The Return of Light Joker March 26, 2008
Facebook Downsize
Because Bob only knows 200 of his 1,000 facebook friends, Bob decided to Downsize his Facebook.
John facebook downsized his profile and he now only has fifty friends compared to his original six hundred.
John facebook downsized his profile and he now only has fifty friends compared to his original six hundred.
Facebook Downsize by Retgarr April 22, 2009
Upside-Downsized
When your life is turned upside down and crap really starts hitting the fan due to a job loss caused by downsizing or out-sourcing.
"Do you see how John has lost control and has really been"rusting his windpipe"(drinking a lot) since his life has been turned upside-downsized after losing his job?
Upside-Downsized by Maat9999 June 16, 2010
Michigan downsizer
When a woman binds a man to a bed completely nude, she excites the man to full erection of the penis. She places a blindfold over his eyes. Using her tube of red lipstick, draws concentric circles to create a target using his tip as the center. She proceeds to downsize his penis by ferociously beating the tip of his dick.
Dave: Hey Carl I forgot, how big is your penis?
Carl: Well now it is 3 inches.
Dave: What do you mean 'now?'
Carl: It used to be 6.5 inches but last night my girlfriend gave me the Michigan downsizer.
Carl: Well now it is 3 inches.
Dave: What do you mean 'now?'
Carl: It used to be 6.5 inches but last night my girlfriend gave me the Michigan downsizer.
Michigan downsizer by icypoler55 October 8, 2011
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