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just to be sure it's Westinghouse 

Means the same as the phrase, "just to be sure"; the "it's Westinghouse" part originated from television commercials for Westinghouse Electric in the 1950s, who's catchphrase was, "You can be sure, if it's Westinghouse".
{Craig}: Hey Paul, did you remember to charge your wheelchair today?
{Paul}: I think so but let me check just to be sure it's Westinghouse.

a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

A reference Star Wars fans like to use, when a good thing unexpectedly happens. Originally used by then senator palpatine as he was voted supreme chancellor.
A: A trailer for a new Star Wars mobile game was just released.
B: A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

I’ll be sure to

When you act like you’re committing to doing something important, but you don’t actually take the steps to ensure that you do said action.
I’ll be sure to do that this weekend

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Something I see after I send a definition to UD.
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Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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