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Ability to persevere despite obstacles...usually performed with class or grace.
Cambria showed her mettle when the bowling alley dude informed her that the metal roller business was broken.
mettle by jd33_33 November 11, 2012
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motley crew

An odd and often mismatched assortment of people/ a group of friends or teammates who don't seem like they'd work well together, but somehow they do.
Everyone in my group of friends is really different from one another, but we all get along really well; we're quite a motley crew.
motley crew by LyricaSilvan January 9, 2015
A word invented in The Noise, located in Grey County, Ontario. The word was invented during a party to commemorate the 75th anniversary of skoal. A moitler is a person who does not enjoy shotgunning beers, dipping skoal and eating roadkill.
Doug: "Hey Gord did you see that guy over there who didn't eat that dead raccoon?"

Gord: "Yeah. What a Moitler."

her Motown, you Motley Crue

basically, it's a reference to a May-December cougar romance. A difference between generations. A Mrs. Robinson affair.
Steve and Cyndi are going out together. Steve makes Cyndi feel like she's 28 again. Steve is 28. Cyndi is 54. It's a clear case of a "her Motown, you Motley Crue" romance.

mottephobia 

a major fear of moths, mainly the really big ones. especially when the come near you and buzz right in your ear.
a fear which i admit i have. mottephobia.

never wanting to be near a giant moth in fear of it flying into your ear.
mottephobia by the wind is changing September 12, 2005

Motley Crue week

A week in which a guy has sex with three or more girls.
Alan has been hitting the bars a lot, trying to have a Motley Crue week.