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Runnings-overings
WHY that man is lying in the road like that. Did it look like a comfy place for an afternoon nap?
this is the 7th or 8th time hes been run over by that car, and we just didnt see the previous runnings-overings
this is the 7th or 8th time hes been run over by that car, and we just didnt see the previous runnings-overings
Runnings-overings by Remains July 6, 2023
Cool runnings
Hit 1993 film based on the true story of the First Jamacian bobsled team trying to make it to the winter olympics
Cool runnings is literally defined in the film to mean: peace be the journey
Cool runnings is literally defined in the film to mean: peace be the journey
Cool runnings by Oliver Robson January 12, 2008
Cool Runnings
Adverb & verb.
1. The title of a well-known 1993 comedy, starring the late John Candy (dir. Jon Turteltaub). The film concerns the first Jamaican bob-sled team. It is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsled team's debut in the bobsleigh competition of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.
2. Jamaican patois. The phrase 'cool runnings' literally means, 'go in peace' or, 'safe journey'. A useful salutation at the end of a text message, 'cool runnings' may be considered as a synonym of 'stay black'. Several bona fide sources credit first usage as a salutation in text messages, to the urban legend Leeds Dr Rudeboy.
1. The title of a well-known 1993 comedy, starring the late John Candy (dir. Jon Turteltaub). The film concerns the first Jamaican bob-sled team. It is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsled team's debut in the bobsleigh competition of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.
2. Jamaican patois. The phrase 'cool runnings' literally means, 'go in peace' or, 'safe journey'. A useful salutation at the end of a text message, 'cool runnings' may be considered as a synonym of 'stay black'. Several bona fide sources credit first usage as a salutation in text messages, to the urban legend Leeds Dr Rudeboy.
University Professor: Well Leeds Dr Rudeboy, your recent contribution on the collective oscillation modes of electrons has really set the Physics world talking!
Leeds Dr Rudeboy: What whoa! Me gwan drink some rum! Cool runnings, my brother of color!
Leeds Dr Rudeboy: What whoa! Me gwan drink some rum! Cool runnings, my brother of color!
Cool Runnings by Leeds Dr Rudeboy May 26, 2011
Cool runnings
Cool runnings by Crunchy yet moist December 17, 2017
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