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orangesnz

A New Zealand orange that Kiwis love to "play" with
ow bro, you got some orangesnz?
by iamnotyouoryoubutiamnotyou December 18, 2018
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Orangensaft

Einfach Orangensaft!
MoneyBoy: "Frag nicht was für'n Saft, einfach Orangensaft! TURN UP!"
by IchmitZ March 29, 2022
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Orangenosing

To shamelessly kiss the ass of Donald Trump while vying for a position in his cabinet or administration.
Mitt Romney has been orangenosing hard for the Secretary of State position.
by olDocGold November 30, 2016
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apples to oranges

An unresolvable and ultimately useless comparison.

A comparison which is just as easy to support as it is to contest.

Something which is both the same and different simultaneously depending on your point of view.

alt. *Apples to Apples*--Though not the initial meaning, occasionally the phrase "apples to oranges" is used to dismiss a "distinct difference" noted between two things which are not distinctly different. IE the neverending opinion wars often attributed to brand-loyalty. These are based on imaginary chasms of vast differences which cannot be proven or conclusively settled. IN other words these things are not really very different, but people desperately want to believe they are.
When someone says "you're comparing apples to oranges" they're really saying "Why are you trying to compare those things? You can't compare apples to oranges, they're just not the same thing."

They're both sweet. They're both fruit. They're both the same. But they're not. One's an apple, and one's an orange. Is that all there is to it? One tastes better. No it doesn't. Yes it does. How do you decide which one everyone likes more? How *can* you decide?

A great example of silly apples to oranges is vanilla and chocolate.

Invalid apples to oranges comparisons would be like comparing Bush or Clinton to Lincoln, Jefferson, or Washington. You can't, so don't.

Examples of useless "nonexistant-vast-differences" apples to oranges comparisons are Macs and PC's, Fords and Chevys, Nikons and Canons.. In reality this is mostly "apples to apples" comparison.

Apples to oranges usually ends with each person believing or feeling whatever they do and leaving it at that. That's all there is to it. Neither can really ever be better or worse, and nobody can win the argument.

In the end, the whole point of making the comparison is to illustrate: there is really no point in making the comparison.
by Armand Banana January 9, 2006
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smacking oranges

it could mean anything from moose noises to a bi-polar walrus. And everything in between.
But seriously, are you smacking oranges later beacuse I got things to do.
by SURRETO November 4, 2010
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orangeneck

That orangeneck over there left the office floor filled with mud stains.
by femboyrocks October 22, 2018
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Oranges and tangerines

Used to describe two things that are so similar that they are pretty much the same thing.
“Why we going this way, isn’t the other way faster?”
Oranges and tangerines, mate”
by eef119 January 4, 2022
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