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refraining order 

A refraining order is when someone tells you not to say something to someone other than yourself.
Suzy: You better not comment on my sister's fat ass again. You're under a temporary 'refraining order' until we leave her house.
Jimmy: Yes dear.
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Please to refrain 

Tabrizi proverb (made famous by Qalandar of Tabriz)

To cease, desist, stop whatever it is you're saying or doing. A badass thing to say to someone when you want to lay the smackdown on them.
Maajid Nawaz, please to refrain. You being defecations.

Insta-Cum Retraining 

A highly-structured desensitization program designed to reestablish normal sexual stamina after many years of forced, infrequent, dispassionate and time-constrained copulation efforts.
My wife just signed me up for Insta-cum retraining...seems she requires a bit more time and expertise then when we fucked on prom nite...
Insta-Cum Retraining by YAWA June 13, 2018

Bop-type Refrain 

An extremely esoteric nickname for cocaine. In the original lyrics to the Cole Porter classic showtune "I Get a Kick Out of You", the second verse begins is "Some get a kick from cocaine". As the years passed, that was changed to "Some like the bop-type refrain" so kids could continue to put on "Anything Goes" as a high-school musical.

People aware of this, wanting to demonstrate their cultural refinement and speak about cocaine, all while avoiding eavesdroppers and self-incrimination, replace the technical name of their drug of choice with "Bop-type Refrain" (or simply "Bop-type", though the later option brings with it a tremendous risk of losing your audience.)
Chris: I'm sick of referring to cocaine as "yatch". It's gone too mainstream.
Kevin: How about "Bop-type Refrain"?
Chris: What the - oh, I get it. I didn't know you were a devotee of musical theater.
Kevin: Eh, I know the Sinatra version.
Bop-type Refrain by Cosmo July 25, 2006
To stop. Often followed by 'from'. 'Refrain' is usually used when speaking about human action.
"Please refrain from using your cell phone in the restaurant, ma'am."

Normally he would have made a Tom Arnold joke at a moment like that, but he was able to refrain from doing so.
Refrain by Diggity Monkeez January 8, 2005
Buying cheap clothes and sewing expensive brand-name tags on it so it look like you spent a lot of money.

See also: Bull-ballin'
I bought a pair of Levi's and ironed on a Red Monkey label. You can't even tell they were rebranded!
rebrand by Nullpersona January 3, 2008