verb. Past tense. Almost certainly named after the very large Chinese metropolis of Shanghai. Shanghaid is used to refer to an event in the past where oneperson cheats or defrauds another in a very clever fashion. see also jacked, janked, or swindled.
That guy counted out my change right in front of me but somehow I'm $50 short.
a chinese basketball association team, which is often referred to in jokes. when an nba player plays badly, people will say that they will be playing on the shanghai sharks next year, and attach a video of all-time great nba players and teams
did you see the game last night? the guys who sold are gonna be like kobe and shaq on the shanghai sharks next year
Being kidnapped by someone, usually sailors and/or pirates and forced to do sailor work through means of violence and intimidation.
"I'd like to file a police report, my friends were abducted by some sailors, they're being forced to do ship repairs and other stuff or else the sailors will kill 'em!"
"Sir, your friends have been 'shanghaied', we'll notify the Coast Guard."
A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.