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Brass monkey (colloquialism) "Cold enough to freeze the balls off (or on) a brass monkey " is a colloquial expression used by some English speakers to describe extremely cold weather. The reference to the testes (as the term balls is commonly understood to mean) of the brass monkey appears to be a 20th-century variant on the expression ...
A wrestler (typically a Mexican luchador) who competes in drag. Examples of exóticos include Mexico's Pimpinela Escarlata, America's Goldust and Vito, Wales' Adrian Street, and Japan's Yosuke Santa Maria. extreme wrestling. A style of professional wrestling that makes frequent use of highspots and weapons.
Comparison of English dictionaries. This is a comparison of English dictionaries, which are dictionaries about the language of English. The dictionaries listed here are categorized into "full-size" dictionaries (which extensively cover the language, and are targeted to native speakers), "collegiate" (which are smaller, and often contain other ...
Impressment, colloquially " the press " or the " press gang ", is the forced conscription of men into a military force, especially a naval force, via intimidation and physical coercion, conducted by an organized group (hence "gang"). European navies of several nations used forced recruitment by various means. The large size of the British Royal ...
When a person or subject is "Cooked" (As an adjective), it's the state of being in any sort of danger, physical, emotional, of failure, or of reputation. Can be used in a similar fashion to "Doomed." It can also mean to have been humiliated, embarrassed, or messed up in some way. Popularized on Twitter in early 2023.
Spots (also known as spotting, knifers, knife hits, knife tokes, dots, hot knives, kitchen tracking blades, or bladers) refers to a method of smoking cannabis. [1] Small pieces of cannabis are rolled (or simply torn from a larger bud) to form the spot. The practice originated in the 1970s when drops or dabs of hashish oil were smoked (three ...
Hottentot (racial term) "Korah Hottentots preparing to remove" ( Samuel Daniell, 1805) Early 19th-century caricature by George Cruikshank showing settlers being attacked by cannibal "Hottentots" [ 1] Hottentot (British and South African English / ˈhɒtənˌtɒt / HOT-ən-TOT) is a term that was historically used by Europeans to refer to the ...
Brickbat: Hot Off the Press. City officials in Marion, Kansas, have agreed to pay $235,000 to remove the former police chief from a federal lawsuit brought by Deb Gruver, a former reporter with ...