refraine
when you want someone to stop doing something you say:
"refraine"
a hand gesture adds to the emphasis
"refraine"
a hand gesture adds to the emphasis
refraine by Lianne Gray November 30, 2003
Words you can keep
refraining order
Suzy: You better not comment on my sister's fat ass again. You're under a temporary 'refraining order' until we leave her house.
Jimmy: Yes dear.
Jimmy: Yes dear.
refraining order by Bryan Gilbreath April 16, 2009
Related Words
Please to refrain
Tabrizi proverb (made famous by Qalandar of Tabriz)
To cease, desist, stop whatever it is you're saying or doing. A badass thing to say to someone when you want to lay the smackdown on them.
To cease, desist, stop whatever it is you're saying or doing. A badass thing to say to someone when you want to lay the smackdown on them.
Please to refrain by Pleasetorefrain August 11, 2014
Bop-type Refrain
An extremely esoteric nickname for cocaine. In the original lyrics to the Cole Porter classic showtune "I Get a Kick Out of You", the second verse begins is "Some get a kick from cocaine". As the years passed, that was changed to "Some like the bop-type refrain" so kids could continue to put on "Anything Goes" as a high-school musical.
People aware of this, wanting to demonstrate their cultural refinement and speak about cocaine, all while avoiding eavesdroppers and self-incrimination, replace the technical name of their drug of choice with "Bop-type Refrain" (or simply "Bop-type", though the later option brings with it a tremendous risk of losing your audience.)
People aware of this, wanting to demonstrate their cultural refinement and speak about cocaine, all while avoiding eavesdroppers and self-incrimination, replace the technical name of their drug of choice with "Bop-type Refrain" (or simply "Bop-type", though the later option brings with it a tremendous risk of losing your audience.)
Chris: I'm sick of referring to cocaine as "yatch". It's gone too mainstream.
Kevin: How about "Bop-type Refrain"?
Chris: What the - oh, I get it. I didn't know you were a devotee of musical theater.
Kevin: Eh, I know the Sinatra version.
Kevin: How about "Bop-type Refrain"?
Chris: What the - oh, I get it. I didn't know you were a devotee of musical theater.
Kevin: Eh, I know the Sinatra version.
Bop-type Refrain by Cosmo July 25, 2006
Refrain
"Please refrain from using your cell phone in the restaurant, ma'am."
Normally he would have made a Tom Arnold joke at a moment like that, but he was able to refrain from doing so.
Normally he would have made a Tom Arnold joke at a moment like that, but he was able to refrain from doing so.
Refrain by Diggity Monkeez January 8, 2005
refrain
In a song, a verse that is repeated regularly and often. Applicable to anything repeated with frequency and regularity.
Also to avoid taking an action, usually with some conflict.
Also to avoid taking an action, usually with some conflict.
"We all lived in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine..."
Jennifer Lopez refrained from firing her personal aid even though her aid had brought her the wrong kind of coke twice now.
Jennifer Lopez refrained from firing her personal aid even though her aid had brought her the wrong kind of coke twice now.
Refrainbow
The creator of the “Boyfriends.” Webtoon that has around 300 million views
Also said the n word, also made porn of real people who were minors, fetishized mlm relationships, and made a horrendous Webtoon called “Boyfriends.” Which had the most boring and cringe characters ever
Also said the n word, also made porn of real people who were minors, fetishized mlm relationships, and made a horrendous Webtoon called “Boyfriends.” Which had the most boring and cringe characters ever
Cindy: Who tf likes Refrainbow or that shit webtoon he made.
Chronically online Fujoshi: OMG!!! THEYRE INDONESIAN YOU CANT BLAME HIM PLUS YOURE JUST TRANSPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC AND JEALOUS!!!
Chronically online Fujoshi: OMG!!! THEYRE INDONESIAN YOU CANT BLAME HIM PLUS YOURE JUST TRANSPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC AND JEALOUS!!!
Refrainbow by Fuzik Void June 5, 2022
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Back when I lived in upstate new york
A meaningless, unimpressive, self-serving introduction. An indicator that the story about to be shared will be pointless and dumb.
Back when I lived in upstate new york, I also had to park on the street - on two occasions, we got enough snow, mixed with just the right plowing, that my car was lifted off the ground from so much snow being jammed underneath it.
Back when I lived in upstate new york by NDcent December 14, 2010
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TLDU
Sister: This meeting was to discuss the rough draft of my essay, where we discussed the subsidiary questions I added in my rough draft. We also discussed the relationship between my main title and the real-life situations I chose to use in my essay. We discussed the structure of my essay as well, specifically the Math AOK section and how it relates to the contradiction of the title. This second meeting was particularly helpful in discussing the implications of my essay claims and how to apply the title across various areas of knowledge. There were many sections of the essay that could have been cut down in wordiness and the ways of knowing required further and more in-depth analysis.
Me: Woah! TLDU!
Me: Woah! TLDU!
Salad Days
green inexperienced youthful judgement and cold blooded execution of those judgements.
Rashness with little concern of consequence.
Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare
"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."
- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
Rashness with little concern of consequence.
Antony and Cleopatra. William Shakespeare
"My salad days,
When I was green in judgment, cold in blood."
- William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, 1.5
Salad Days by GilbyRFC0 October 7, 2011
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age gate
An absolutely foolproof way to keep minors from viewing content deemed "too mature" for them to watch.
board chow
A)
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.
B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
The Crud that collects under the keys in a keyboard. Usually more severe in the keyboards of programmers and webmasters as they tend to spend a lot of time at the the computer and thus eat at their desk. Mainly affecting IBM Model M (clicly) style boards.
B)
Can also be used to gross out Non-Techie people
A)
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.
B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
Bill: want to go to the club?
Bob: No, I've got to clean out my board chow, keys are starting to stick.
B)
Bill: Want to go out to get a bite?
Bob: No, i am just going to have some of my board chow/
Bill: Whats' that?
Bob: The food scraps that collect in my keyboard; Want some?
Bill: *GAG* *HURL* *GAG*
board chow by BinaryHackerMan September 3, 2007
Word of the Day on August 26, 2026