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the flag 

A junkie term used to describe when you slowly pull on the plunger on the syringe, the blood will shoot into the syringe, having a flag waving appearance. This is a way of knowing that you've hit a vein.

remember kiddies, if it's red(dark red, vein) go ahead, if it's pink(bright red, artery) stop and think
Sarah knew she hit a vein when she saw the flag. She then pushed on the plunger to get the H in her system.
the flag by tonitewedineinhell August 23, 2008
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The flag 

A junkie term used to describe when the blood flings out into the syringe from pulling the plunger. This is a way of knowing you hit a vein. The reason it's called 'the flag' is because when the blood comes out it has a flag-waving appearance.
Sally knew she hit a vein when she saw the flag, she carefully pushed on the plunger of the syringe and waited anxiously for the rush.
The flag by tonitewedineinhell August 1, 2008

the flag game 

A game played by exchange students. You receive 1 point per nationality that you kiss someone from. Each nationality is called a "flag". The game lasts for the period of your exchange program.

Some variants of the game give you bonus points for your host country (especially for conservative countries) and less or no points for your own country, reflecting their relative difficulty.
Max: *making out with a girl in the corner*
Me: Damn! Max is winning the flag game again.

the flag game 

A game played by exchange students (especially Rotary Exchange Students) around the world.
If you kiss a person, you receive a flag of their country. Goal is to collect as many flags as possible during your exchange year.

Variants of the game include different medals for handjobs, blowjobs and sex.
“I kissed an Australian boy! That’s a new flag!”
“Girl, you’re really good at the flag game!”
the flag game by 可樂樂 April 10, 2019

show the flag 

Show up at a party or event just so people will see you and think you actually care about what's happening.

Probably from the days of gunboat diplomacy when warships would appear in foreign harbors to show that Great Britain, or some other colonial overlord, had a vested interest in the place.
I didn't really want to go to my cousin Noreen's birthday party, but I decided to show the flag and put in an appearance.
show the flag by Rile Crumble November 5, 2013

capture the flag

An awesome game that I used to play a lot as a kid. There are two teams, and each team gets some kind of object to use as a flag, then they hide it, the first team to get the other team's flag wins. Also you divide the playing area into two sides and your team can tag people on their flag.
"let's go play some Capture the Flag!"
capture the flag by Buttfucked September 21, 2003

Kevin The Flag 

An American flag who is on a live cam to document Hurricane Florence,Whose name is Kevin and resisting Hurricane Winds.
Kevin the flag is so strong to withstand Hurricane winds.
Kevin The Flag by IronMeteorite September 13, 2018
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