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red-letter 

"unique, happy, and original.
will wear anything and pull it off.
doesn't fit into a catagorey or label.
made up from trend + setter."
- Sarah Masear
"do know you andrew?"
"that red-letter guy?"
"yeah, him. isn't he going out with that emo?"
red-letter by +ay-dee January 13, 2006
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red letter 

"Every turn a surprise. Every moment red letter" (From the song "A Whole New World" Aladdin)
red letter by Lily Evans Potter March 31, 2007

Red letter 

Something "red letter" (as in the famous lyric from Aladdin) is something that deserves extra attention.

It originates from when Bibles were printed with the words spoken by Jesus printed in red to stand out from the black.
"Every turn a surprise, every moment red letter"
Red letter by sarahbot June 26, 2016

Red Letter Day

1. In the past, special days would be marked with red letters making it a red letter day

2. Any day with personal significance

3. A day that you make someone else's day wonderful through various ways
1. Oh look, it's the queens birthday tomorrow. Better get ready for the red letter day!

2. Oh look, my girlfriends birthday is coming up. Better get ready for the red letter day!

3. I went with my girlfriend shopping and bought her everything she wanted, then we had a candlelit dinner and finally, I sang her to sleep under the stars. All of this because it was her red letter day

Red Letter Media 

A US film production company that provided much needed catharsis for a generation of film lovers by humorously picking apart the utterly dreadful Star Wars prequel trilogy.
Red Letter Media? More like... GOD Letter Media. Mike Stoklasa FTW!
Red Letter Media by Smitty X May 6, 2010

red letter day

a memorably happy or noteworthy day
When Jack comes home from his tour of duty, that'll be a red-letter day.
red letter day by johnpqrtst August 3, 2005

red letter day

1. A particularly enjoyable or important occasion.

2. The day a woman menstruates.

3. In the Harry Potter series, the day one of the students receives a howler, typically in the Main Hall in front of everyone else.
The launch of one's first novel is a red letter day in any novelist's life.

She had her first red letter day last week. She spent all day sulking in her bedroom.

Another red letter day for poor old Ronald.
red letter day by Fearman November 11, 2007
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Concrete cowboy 

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.
Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.
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hey let's get a drink of that?

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*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

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God Shot 

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".
Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."
God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011
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city chicken 

A food native to Pittsburgh/Western Pennsylvania in which cubes of pork and/or veal are put on a short, wooden skewer, breaded, then baked and/or fried.

I've heard that city chicken originated during the Great Depression, when folks didn't have enough money to buy full cuts of meat, so they assembled meat scraps on a wooden skewer, creating a make-shift drumstick. Hence the name.
Are yinz havin' city chicken for dinner?
city chicken by TRF August 31, 2006
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Is that cake?

Another way to say is this fake? Like the show real or cake
Slayyyter just announced another album last night”
“No way, is that cake?”
“Yeah whoops this isn’t real”
Is that cake? by Sexyyred September 15, 2026
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just fokin missing her

native american reservation origin... to miss an ex so badly that everyone can see it.. can be used for either sex eg. just fokin missing her/him
friend : *noticably sad*
me : look at you all sad & shit
friend : shut up!
me : just fokin missing her huh?
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