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Not-Beer 

(n) Anything that is discernably not beer. Derived from the Beer/Not-Beer dichotomy, which dictates that anything and everything in existence (and non-existence) can be placed in one of the two aforementioned categories.

Note: Recently, "Not-Beer" has been colloquialized (adj), meaning: stupid, lame, unworthy of praise, worthy of scorn, etc. Due to the recent colloquialization of "Not-Beer," its positive form, "Beer," has only naturally been adopted as an antonym (adj), meaning: cool, awesome, unworthy of derision, worthy of commendation, etc.
Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss: Beer.
Popov: Not-Beer.
Spaten Optimator: Beer.
Smirnoff Ice: Not-Beer.
Stone Brewing Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale: Beer.
Sand: Not-Beer.

A Fresh Keg of Bell's Two-Hearted Ale: Beer.
Billy's new tat of a biker-demon wielding swords of blue flame: Beer.
Freddy's new tat of his grandmother's big toe: Not-Beer.
Freddy attempting to kegstand that Bell's Two-Hearted Ale and failing miserably: Not-Beer.

Getting Along: Beer.
Bureaucracy: Not-Beer.
Not-Beer by Face Of Bear August 19, 2010
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liquor and not beer unless you're a queer.

Stop drinking that beer you queer. Liquor and not beer unless you're a queer.

It's Not All Beer And Skittles 

Not everything goes as well as it should.
Person 1: "Oh man! I just failed my midterms..."
Person 2: "Well, it's not all beer and skittles"

not all beer and skittles 

not entirely pleasant(skittles refers to a bowling type game played in taverns during the 1800s)
Most immigrants learn that life is not all beer and skittles when they arrive in the US.

not in a million beers

referring to something you would not participate in even if you were impossibly drunk.
"Hey would you bang Sheila?"

"Not in a million beers!"
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."
Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026
Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

Hair spider

A tight, tangled knot of loose hair and lint that forms inside clothing during the clothes dryer cycle. It typically hides inside garments, causing an annoying lump or a phantom tickling sensation against the skin until it is found or falls out onto the floor during folding.
I was folding my clothes and a huge hair spider fell out onto my hand
Hair spider by Kmorsels July 15, 2026
Word of the Day on July 16, 2026