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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.