"Tails up!" is a British expression sadly fallen into disuse. It was used to encourage people to high hearts and healthy optimism. Check idioms.thefreedictionary.
"Off you go lads, and tails up!" "We'll go to court with our tails up!"
1. An "unlucky" coin found on the ground. "Unlucky" or not, your amount of money was just incremented.
2. In reference to a "dime": a woman whose body is a ten but whose face is debatable.
3. Doggy style.
1. I found a quarter on the ground. It was tail side up, but that didn't change me buying a soda.
2. Girl's a dime, but tail side up.
3. I'm 'bout to get at that bitch tail side up.
"Nelson, his wife Helen, and his associate John Paul Chase picked up a tail from the FBI in the town of Barrington, near Chicago. After a short chase, the two camps were picketed across from each other hurling bullets."
"I got to pick up a tail from this girl's heart with her friends. She is too much mysterious."
A frequently heard suggestion, made by one incarcerated person to another when contraband is passed and needs to be quickly hidden from the light of day from those in authority.
Here’s the radio you requested from Big Bubba, but you better tuck it up your tail pretty quick because here comes Sgt. Pimpleface!
suprisingly similiar to a british tea party. these partys usually consist of a wide variety of people normally from in or around your neihborhood. All getting together for a couple of hours. party consist of massive amounts of alchol(beer, wine, and mixed drinks). Every body is getting freak nasty in the corner, by the pool, maybe even on your couch, god forbid on your bed. but this has been known to occur. The sexual act of choice is the ass up, cock out approach in which the guy procedes to fuck the female from behind. when everyone is good and ready or your party is being broken up by the cops because you ended up fucking your neighbors wife. caught in mid stride by the jeolous husband. you and your neighbors go each your own way. until the next ass up cock tail party.
holy shit last nights ass up cock tail party was fucked up. i didnt know that bitch was my neighbors wife. but i got to give it to her she can ride a dick like nobodys buisness.
The meaning of this phrase is to alert co-workers, on-lookers, passers-by, and anyone else in a group, large or small, who is in charge of a given scenario.
Bryan: Well, what if we approach this problem from a different perspective?
Debra: I'm fucking this cat, so just shut up and hold its tail!
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
A sunburn or suntan focused on the left arm. It is caused by the left side of the body being the only half that gets exposed to sunlight while driving. Presumably, it would be located on the right side of the body in countries where they drive on the left side of the road.
I had a trucker's tan after driving for 10 straight hours on a sunny day.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
When you have to pee in a movie but don’t want to miss anything, and must do the following mental equation: will the amount I have to pee cause enough discomfort to diminish my attention capacity for the remainder of the movie to an extent which is greater than the amount of the movie I would miss by making a mad dash to the restroom.
I saw Satantango last night, wonderful film but by the 5th hour I had to start doing peecalculus.