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On Demand 

1. To be prepared to provide a good or service immediatly.

2. A prostitute or person who is ready and willing at a moments notice to go to a location and perform sexual acts, either for free or a fee, and is usually highly desired for their services.

3. A cable- provided form of watching television by which previously aired programs (usually not worth watching) are accessed by a user via their Digital Cable box to be viewed (either for free or for a small fee) for a period of 24 hours. The user can control the program as if it were on DVD or VHS.
1. "Sally was on demand for when bob wanted his beer."

2. "That hooker is on demand tonight, she's got 4 high paying johns lined up."

3. "The cable company launched its OnDemand service last week for its digital users, but no one uses it because it's not up to par yet."
On Demand by Chickens Wife June 13, 2004

on demand 

To get something "on demand" or "on-demand" is to get it whenever you want it, usually using the Internet.
I can get music on demand at (website), and movies on demand with pay-per-view.
on demand by WombatAscension June 13, 2004

on demand 

a program found in the Comcast Digital Cable menu. Turn to channel 1 and the screen will turn black for a few seconds and will say: One Moment Please. Then this menu will show up and you pick the categories, movies, shows, and music. The HBO, Cinemax, Starz, Showtime & TMC On-Demand is free. The other movies, which are brought to you by Comcast, which are new releases within 2-3 years will cost you about $2.00-$4.00.
Comcast Digital Cable Guy: Hey where do you think your going buddy?

Bob: I'm going to the video store to rent a movie.

Comcast Digital Cable Guy: Why do that if you have on demand on your digital cable box?

Bob: I don't know but I'm gonna go home and watch some on demand!.
on demand by The Cable Guy July 20, 2004

On-demand and taxes 

Parents version of Netflix and Chill, watching movies on demand and doing taxes.
"We found an affordable movie and did an On-Demand and taxes"

On-demand friendship

The term on-demand friendship suggests a modern, transactional approach to social connection, where friendships are used for specific needs, emotional support, or entertainment only when it is convenient or necessary, rather than being maintained through consistent, unconditional investment.

It is an on-demand service when a 'friend' wants/needs something.
I only hear from you when you want something, a lift, a loan, somewhere to go. You don't answer the phone or reply to me otherwise. This is an 'on-demand friendship', only required when it suits you. No thanks, find someone else, your free trial has ended.

John On Demand

A phrase to describe a person who tells you either the same story over and over again, or offers information that is both unwanted mind numbingly dull

Can also be shortened to J.O.D
I really don't care, you John On Demand Bastard
John On Demand by Gazzab October 19, 2010
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A vacation, feeling more like an obligation, that involves visiting or staying with family.
So Joe where are you taking the kids for spring break vacation? We are going on an oblication to Boca to visit my mother-in-law.
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Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
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