Open Carry
Open Carry by DrTodd March 14, 2009
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Open Carry
Open Carry is the practice of carrying a sidearm in public. It is usually used in reference to civilian people carrying weapons in public places, as opposed to law enforcement or active duty military personnel on their regular duties.
Open Carry allows people to carry larger pistols than what would be otherwise physically possible with a CCW (concealed weapons permit). It also allows people to carry larger carbines, shotguns, and rifles, that would otherwise be impossible to conceal in public due to barrel length laws.
The two downsides of open carry are drawing attention to your firearm, and the risk of having someone attack you to gain access to your gun. This is one of the reasons prison guards do not carry firearms when surrounded by prisoners. It is also a reason why many sheriffs deputies are banned from carrying weapons while in a courtroom.
Open carry generally requires less permits than concealed carry, but can create unusual situations in many areas of the United States. Open carry is not widely accepted in all US States.
Open carry is not common outside of the US in other western nations. It is more widespread in destabilized countries lie Iraq.
Open Carry allows people to carry larger pistols than what would be otherwise physically possible with a CCW (concealed weapons permit). It also allows people to carry larger carbines, shotguns, and rifles, that would otherwise be impossible to conceal in public due to barrel length laws.
The two downsides of open carry are drawing attention to your firearm, and the risk of having someone attack you to gain access to your gun. This is one of the reasons prison guards do not carry firearms when surrounded by prisoners. It is also a reason why many sheriffs deputies are banned from carrying weapons while in a courtroom.
Open carry generally requires less permits than concealed carry, but can create unusual situations in many areas of the United States. Open carry is not widely accepted in all US States.
Open carry is not common outside of the US in other western nations. It is more widespread in destabilized countries lie Iraq.
John open carried his Kimber Custom II 1911 when he went to Taco Bell for a quick burrito after church. Margret, the cashier, wondered at why he would keep a $1500 pistol on the side of his belt. The checkered walnut and stainless slide of the weapon alerted everyone around him that he was armed, but John was used to openly carry, and stoic to the muted stares that seemed to follow his waist.
Margret shrugged, and thought to herself, "At least he did not open carry a M-14 rifle like the last person in line."
Margret shrugged, and thought to herself, "At least he did not open carry a M-14 rifle like the last person in line."
Open Carry by Mr. Rogers saved Taco Bell March 3, 2016
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Concession Open Carry
A person of girth carrying armloads of giant drinks, buckets of well buttered popcorn, etc. from a movie theater concession stand. They can usually be seen lumbering through the lobby or fighting gravity on the slope of the theater aisle as they deliver their bounty to appreciative partakers.
Concession Open Carry by Dragonsphir November 28, 2016
flophouse
Any house/apartment/frat house/trailer/etc. which is used for individuals to crash (sleep, chill, hang out, lurk, etc.) for a period of time. In order to "crash", one must not actually live there (e.g. have their name on the lease, own said flophouse, etc.). Flophouses are typically used by college students, drug addicts, transients, vagrants, or other unsavory characters.
A flophouse may also be the home owned by the parents of a college student, who after being away at college, wishes to live as if he/she is still at college (e.g. staying out all night, returning just to crash at mom and dad's house, then leaving again), rather than conforming to the pre-college rules.
A flophouse may also be the home owned by the parents of a college student, who after being away at college, wishes to live as if he/she is still at college (e.g. staying out all night, returning just to crash at mom and dad's house, then leaving again), rather than conforming to the pre-college rules.
Example #1
Dude: (Talking to someone passed out face first on the floor of his college apartment) Hey man, who the hell are you? What do you think this is, a flophouse??
Bro: Sorry dude, I must have passed out for a minute.
Example #2
Mom: Where have you BEEN for the last three days? You come home just to sleep?? What do you think this is, a flophouse??!!
Son: What's your problem? I'm an adult now!
Dude: (Talking to someone passed out face first on the floor of his college apartment) Hey man, who the hell are you? What do you think this is, a flophouse??
Bro: Sorry dude, I must have passed out for a minute.
Example #2
Mom: Where have you BEEN for the last three days? You come home just to sleep?? What do you think this is, a flophouse??!!
Son: What's your problem? I'm an adult now!
Hate Sink
A person you hate intensely not because they deserve such hatred but because they serve as a focus for your general hatred. A healthy way to dispense with excess animosity.
Hate Sink by The great prophet Zarquon August 7, 2016
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Toe Rag
A toe rag was originally a foot wrapping used, since mediaeval times up until the mid-nineteenth century, to protect the foot from chafing by boots or shoes. As these were, quite literally, rags they weren’t usually washed, and so with use they became very smelly until they were thrown away. Because of the similarity in smell, toe rag also became the name applied to dried, salted cod or other things with a strong, unpleasant, fishy smell. It didn’t take that long before the name was applied to someone who was an obnoxious, unpleasant OIC.
1 “Socks! Those aren’t socks you smelly git, they’re toe rags!”
2 “What have you been cooking? Smells like toe rag!”
3 “I can smell ‘er fanny from ‘ere, proper toe rag.”
4 That Heale Malcolm is a right toe rag.
2 “What have you been cooking? Smells like toe rag!”
3 “I can smell ‘er fanny from ‘ere, proper toe rag.”
4 That Heale Malcolm is a right toe rag.
Toe Rag by AKACroatalin November 29, 2016
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