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henhouse 

A place predominantly occupied by women. This could be a workplace, classroom, social event or any other public place where there is, by a wide margin, more women than men. The term henhouse is used because of the conspicuous absence of cocks (roosters–in this case, men).
This sociology class is a total henhouse, John and I are the only guys here.

Man, I hate working at Bath and Body Works--it's a total henhouse! There's nobody to talk football with at lunch.
henhouse by kadoodles January 15, 2020

henhouse 

Look at that!!! The henhouse is empty.. Where are the hens???
henhouse by amandinha9000 September 6, 2005

The henhouse 

A henhouse refers to Phil's house where only men go in through Phil's back door.
Justine: This party at the henhouse is gonna crack!

set the fox to guard the henhouse 

Putting somebody in charge of a job, when they have a conflict of interest. Often used to refer to industry "self-regulation" or to putting an industry insider on the board that regulates that industry, e.g., appointing an executive of Comcast as chairman of the FCC.

Can also refer to a similar problem in private industry, e.g., putting the manager of a failed project in charge of the investigation into why the project failed.
Mike Taylor has been appointed to head the Food Safety Working Group at the FDA. The President has set the fox to guard the henhouse.

the fox is in the henhouse 

Ques -Hey, did you deliver it or what?
Answer- the Fox is in the henhouse

rooster in the henhouse 

When a man poses as a woman and gets outed.
We all know lady gaga is the gorgeous doll we see today but years ago it was believed that she was playing the rooster in the henhouse.
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Frothability 

The measure of an emotional and over zealous consumer in an upwardly charging market, also known as a bull market. It's characterized by rising asset prices, increased investor confidence, and favorable growth in the markets, bro.
The frothability was evident as over-zealous consumers eagerly engaged in bidding wars, driving property prices to unsustainable levels reminiscent of previous speculative bubbles.
Frothability by cptn.kagaroo1 January 26, 2024
Word of the Day on November 12, 2026

Soul digger

A man who dates women with the sole purpose of exploiting their time, energy, and labor while he sucks the joy and happiness from their lives.
"That guy's a soul digger. He'll expect you to work full time, but you'll be doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, and childcare while he plays video games or watches TV."
Soul digger by anonymous November 11, 2026
Word of the Day on November 11, 2026

pod person 

A person pretending to be something they aren't, or an impostor. This is inferred because of the old alien movies where alien pods appear on earth and the "pod people" dispose of the humans and slowly reproduce the bodies, pretending to be humans.
The pod person was pretending to be my father, but I knew that he was an alien when he acted differently than my father ever would have.
pod person by Christopher M. May 9, 2005
Word of the Day on November 10, 2026
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.

Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.

A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.

A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
dead drop by rubberroom July 23, 2008
Word of the Day on November 9, 2026
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