To fake one's qualifications for a particular discussion by pretending to know what the other person is talking about (often out of politeness or fear of admitting that one doesn't get a reference), and then to continue enjoying the benefits of the discussion (including unearned enthusiasm from the other person, who thinks he/she are talking to someone who has something in common with them).

Example #1:
Person 1: So how about them Bruins?
Person 2 (not knowing anything about hockey or the Bruins): yeah..
Person 1 (now excited): YOU SAW THE GAME? It was so good!! I missed the last 15 minutes though!!
Person 2 (now deep in a lie): Err, yeah. They did great.

Person 2 didn't earn person 1's enthusiasm (energy/"juice"). They were taking the juice for free.

Example #2:
Person 1 (pointing at the moon): "That's no moon. It's a space station!"
Persons 2 and 3 get the reference and laugh
Person 4 (who never saw Star Wars, doesn't get the reference, can TELL it's a reference of some kind, but doesn't want to admit to not knowing the reference, weakly smiles or fake laughs): Ah
Person 1 (suspicious): Are you taking the juice for free?
Person 4 (caught): Yeah I have no idea what you were talking about

taking the juice for free by jkeegan January 8, 2014

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Juice Ain't Free

To refer to something as not free.

All the lights were on in the house and kevin informed chris that juice ain't free nigga!!

Juice Ain't Free by Kevin Klever August 25, 2008

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026

city chicken

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.

Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?

city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006

Word of the Day on September 17, 2026

Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake

“Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”

Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026

Word of the Day on September 16, 2026