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midnight oil 

An Australian rock band known for their driving hard rock sound, intense live performances and their overt left-wing political activism

Rob Hirst - Drums, vocals
Jim Moginie - Guitars, Keyboards
Peter Garrett - Vocals, Harmonica
Martin Rotsey - Guitars
Andrew 'Bear' James (1975 - 1979) - Bass
Peter Gifford (1979 - 1989) - Bass, Vocals
Bones Hillman (1989 onwards) - Bass, Vocals
beds are burning is midnight oil's best song ever!
midnight oil by SeymourChamp April 23, 2006

Midnight oil 

Noun. Midnight oil means male semen. Comes from the fact that male semen is ejaculated usually by nighttime in shadily fashion and from its thicky, oily appearance.
You better watch your back, Annabelle. That guy is always ready to inject some midnight oil into unsuspecting p****es.

Oaah, I spruitted my Midnight oil!
Midnight oil by Pano Emporio August 5, 2009

Midnight Oil 

Working on a mechanical object through the nighttime.
Well, looks like we have to get this hooked up before sunrise, gonna be burning some midnight oil on this one.
Midnight Oil by Southmetrojudge August 19, 2017

burning the midnight oil 

To burn the midnight oil implies working overtime or working over normal capacity.
"Looks like we're going to have to pull an all-nighter today. We're going to be burning the midnight oil."

burn the midnight oil 

to work diligently, especially late into the night
I had to burn the midnight oil to get that done.

burn that midnight oil 

A clever way to ask your 420 friendly fuck buddy to come over late at night, do some dabs, and fuck like rabbits.

Similar to Netflix and chill.

And. . . It doesn't count if you're just smoking weed. Dabs only. kk?
Guy: Hey what r u doing?
Girl: Not much, just bored :-(
Guy: You wanna come over and burn that midnight oil?
Girl: Ummmm. . . Sure. . . why not? I haven't been high all day ;-)
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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.
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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."
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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
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