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silverware 

"Silverware" originally meant "eating utensils made from silver." (An "eating utensil" being a fork, spoon or knife). Now, all eating utensils are called "silverware" regardless of what materials they are made of!
REAL silver eating utensils are expensive. Usually you receive a set of real silverware as a wedding gift & you use the set for special occasions.

I still don't get why stainless steel (or worse, plastic) forks, spoons & knives are called "silverware" WHEN THEY ARE NOT MADE OF SILVER!
silverware by Silky Smooth April 28, 2004

Silverware 

Term used by guys to alert each other of an attractive woman nearby; specifically, one with a nice butt.
Charles and Henry are purchasing sodas at the local malt-shop. Henry notices a lovely girl at the jukebox with a big ol booty.
"Charles, silverware." *gestures in the vicinity of the girl.
"Dayum, Henry. Imma eggwash dat ass fo'sho!"
Silverware by The Rev NG8 August 4, 2018

The Silverware Shift 

The undetermined point in time at which a roommate will finally wash the dishes he/she has used when and if there are no clean dishes left to be used or no clean dishes left that he/she requires.
Roommate 1: "When is he going to do the dishes?"
Me: "Oh, when he hits The Silverware Shift."
The Silverware Shift by KMeyers September 27, 2012

Silverware Check 

Used amongst employees of the service (bartender, waiter, busser, etc) field. Meant to bring attention to a certain customer present at a table, booth, counter, or elsewhere within the property for a visually obvious reason without arising suspicion amongst the patrons.
Busser: Silverware check table 85.
Waiter: Holy shit, you can see her tits from here!

Busser: Silverware check the bar top, pretty sure the female at the end isn't old enough to order juice, let alone a drink.

Silverware Drawer 

A group of people who are spooning.
"Hey" said John upon entering his dorm room. "I don't mind you and your girlfriend hanging out in here, but I don't want a frigging silverware drawer in here"!
Silverware Drawer by Alejandro 11 December 9, 2008

Cell Phone Silverware

The act of placing your smartphone next to your plate at dinnertime, whether actually texting someone or not, with the intention to brag about your smartphone, or because you feel the need to check the time every 3 minutes. Usually this is done by people of 16-25 years of age.
As if they had all previously agreed they'd do it, everyone at the table pulled out their Iphone 27s' and Droid R2-D2s, waved them around to let everyone know they had them, and set them down at the table to use for Cell Phone Silverware. The two crack heads in the corner were the only one's using them, and were checking the time every minute.
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Plate of Brown 

A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
Wanna go to meal hall & grab a plate of brown?
Plate of Brown by Cheddar Craigson September 18, 2020
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Larpenomics

When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flex cash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.
Andrew Tate has mastered the field of larpenomics
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Palmela Handerson 

Your hand that you masturbate with.
Girlfriend: What are you going to do for the next week while I'm on holiday?

Boyfriend: Have a visit from Palmela Handerson of course!
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Blue Movie 

A pornographic film.

The use of the word "blue" to refer to sexually explicit content was first recorded in Scotland in 1824. "Blue" meant "lewd" because prostitutes dressed in blue gowns.
I found your stash of blue movies under your bed.
Blue Movie by Shayde79 January 20, 2011
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fache-couture 

French slang, which translated, means "bull's fashion" but basically equates to "hyper trendy" or overly trendy. Used when a person wishes to express distaste at the latest fashion trend/fad, because it seems that everyone has a certain item of clothing or is wearing it. This term is most frequently heard in Paris but is slowly spreading to other parts of France.
1. That Burberry scarf is so fache-couture.
2. That purple American Apparel hoodie is so fache-couture.
fache-couture by bkgmh46x0x March 18, 2008
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