shore leave

When sailors return to shore and usually spend their time doing things they can't do back on ship, such as getting drunk and sleeping with women. This term is also used in many sci-fi stories where space travel is presented.

"How are you feeling commander?"

"Feels like the morning after shore leave."

shore leave by sharkboi January 18, 2010

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shore leave

What sailors look forward to.

"I can't wait til next shore leave so I can get some fuckin' poontang."

shore leave by Janky Jank November 17, 2006

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shore leave

Taking a dump on the toilet seat.

"I really needed to use the can on my break at work today, but whoever was in there before me left some sailors (poop nuggets) on shore leave."

shore leave by Wooddogg February 17, 2005

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spend like a drunken sailor on shore leave

To spend a lot of money at any one given time; taken from the fact that sailors, while on shore leave, used to spend all of their money on whores and alcoholic beverages

I stopped letting my wife use the credit card. Every time she goes to the mall, she spends like a drunken sailor on shore leave!

spend like a drunken sailor on shore leave by Pissed Off Paul October 7, 2003

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bang a you-ee

of Massachusetts orig. "to make a u-turn"

hey, we missed the bar, bang a you-ee

bang a you-ee by Pistolero Pierro May 4, 2008

Word of the Day on July 19, 2026

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Fleg

The word 'flag' as pronounced by people with thick Belfast accents. The term is a perfect encapsulation of the disproportionate and overblown reaction to the removal of the Union Jack (as in 'de fleg') from above City Hall in Belfast. Where previously it had flown for 365 days per year, it is now flown on 17 designated days of the year - in line with many other British cities.

The event caused a portion of the Protestant community ('fleggers') to make international pricks of themselves as they proceeded to wreck the fucking place, claiming it was another erosion of a 'British' identity they perceive to have been under attack since the horrifying spectre of equality reared its head in Northern Ireland.

The word 'fleg' - and indeed 'fleggers' - fittingly describes a section of humanity unconcerned with knowledge, reality or the vagaries of the English language. Like America's tea-baggers they are ruled by instinct, fear and paranoia with a side dish of rampant bigotry and startling ignorance of the world around them.

"Wat de fuck like! The taigs got de fleg took down! Let's wreck de fuckin place! No surrender!"

"De fleg has been took down! Before ye know it there'll be a united Ireland! Attack Short Strand! God Save The Queen!"

Fleg by OnionFleg August 9, 2013

Word of the Day on July 18, 2026

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Skeef

To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.

"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."

Skeef by kachinaflonk July 16, 2026

Word of the Day on July 17, 2026

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