(Chiefly British, and best appreciated in a British accent.)
Any large-bore corrugated tubing. Generally made of thick plastic - making it stiff - while the corrugations allow for some flexibility. Generally used for routing cables around a room, or exhaust gas from an air conditioning unit.
Any large-bore corrugated tubing. Generally made of thick plastic - making it stiff - while the corrugations allow for some flexibility. Generally used for routing cables around a room, or exhaust gas from an air conditioning unit.
I say - heat's building up in the machine room. Don't suppose you could toddle over and check the elephant's cock's not fallen off the air con, old boy?
by cfm2 December 17, 2011
Get the Elephant's Cock mug.The best of something, something that is excellent. Originally coined as a sarcastic rejoinder to bee's knees
"How are you?"
"Oh, I'm the bee's knees. The elephant's instep, if you would."
"Jolly good!"
"Right-oh, let us giggle uncontrollably while eating these buttered crumpets!"
"Ah HA ha-ha-ha-ha-HA!"
"Oh, I'm the bee's knees. The elephant's instep, if you would."
"Jolly good!"
"Right-oh, let us giggle uncontrollably while eating these buttered crumpets!"
"Ah HA ha-ha-ha-ha-HA!"
by Mike October 29, 2006
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(v) a sex maneuver performed by mounting your girlfriend/wife scissor-style whilst standing, and placing one foot on the throat/chin, and applying extreme pressure, causing her to pass out.
*Note: If the elephant's foot is performed while you have a case of athlete's foot, it's known as "The Green Lantern"
(n) a metal stand used for mounting engines for use on an engine dyno, having a crank that allows the engine to be raised or lowered
(v) a sex maneuver performed by mounting your girlfriend/wife scissor-style whilst standing, and placing one foot on the throat/chin, and applying extreme pressure, causing her to pass out.
*Note: If the elephant's foot is performed while you have a case of athlete's foot, it's known as "The Green Lantern"
(n) a metal stand used for mounting engines for use on an engine dyno, having a crank that allows the engine to be raised or lowered
1. "Last night I felt frisky, so I gave Cindy the elephant's foot. She was out for almost an hour!"
2. "Dude, somebody took all the elephant's feet out of Building Three, I had to use a milk crate and pieces of wood to hold up that big block.
2. "Dude, somebody took all the elephant's feet out of Building Three, I had to use a milk crate and pieces of wood to hold up that big block.
by ofggerrrt May 11, 2008
Get the elephant's foot mug.Golfer 1 hits a tee shot that goes a mile high into the air but lands 25 feet in front of the tee box.
Golfer 2 to Golfer 1: "That shot was like an elephant's ass, high and stinky."
Golfer 2 to Golfer 1: "That shot was like an elephant's ass, high and stinky."
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Get the elephant's dessert mug.When your homeboy is showering and you go in there to take a shit and leave it in the toilet, allowing the steam from the shower to ruminate the area... akin to the elephant's foot left at chernobyl
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Get the The Elephant's Foot mug.Using some popular superstition, stereotype or prejudice to your advantage.
This expression is used in marketing and stems from 1874 when industrialist Andrew Carnegie paid a circus to walk their elephant across his new bridge. Since there was a popular supersition that elephants will never cross unsafe structures, Carnegie used this popular belief to "prove" to public that his bridge is safe.
Fast food restaurants and stands selling Gyros often decorate themselves with Greek flag colors and Greek key patterns even though neither the owner nor the employees are of Greek origin.
Every pizzeria tries to give itself an Italian image/name/theme even if no employees nor the owner are of Italian origin.
Fortune cookies are used to advertise Chinese restaurants and served in them but are not of Chinese origin.
This expression is used in marketing and stems from 1874 when industrialist Andrew Carnegie paid a circus to walk their elephant across his new bridge. Since there was a popular supersition that elephants will never cross unsafe structures, Carnegie used this popular belief to "prove" to public that his bridge is safe.
Fast food restaurants and stands selling Gyros often decorate themselves with Greek flag colors and Greek key patterns even though neither the owner nor the employees are of Greek origin.
Every pizzeria tries to give itself an Italian image/name/theme even if no employees nor the owner are of Italian origin.
Fortune cookies are used to advertise Chinese restaurants and served in them but are not of Chinese origin.
We photoshopped glasses on our model for the new software ad. It's Carnegie's elephant. Glasses give that "smart" look.
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