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adjective

• the best. Possibly derived from all that and a bag of chips, since Fritos is a brand of chips. (The previous applies to American English. In British English, read "chips" as "crisps".)

  You should really read this book. It's all that and a bag of Fritos.

  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on Jun 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 20 2011.

adjective

• sane. Note: usually used in the negative.

                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "Dr. Nobel", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 6 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: sane.

  Last edited on Dec 12 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 29 1996.

adjective

• doing something emphatically.

                                                                                                      
  
  Citation from "Chapter 9", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 3 (2010) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to perform with vigor.

  Last edited on Dec 19 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 19 2011.

interjection

• a declaration of victory or superiority.
  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to win, defeat.

  Last edited on Apr 27 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 17 2007.

origin

• This term is from the 1991 Sega Genesis release of an arcade game called "Zero Wing." The introduction in the game has a very poor translation of Japanese to English. It shows the bridge of a space ship in chaos as the enemy appears and says, "How are you gentlemen!! All your base are belong to us."
  
  In 2001, this poor translation spread virally through the Internet, resulting in many images of doctored photographs, each showing a street sign, store front, package label, etc. manipulated to read "All your base are belong to us."
  
  The original has been generalized to "All your 'X' are belong to us", to imply that the thing 'X' will be annihilated. For example:

  I had to sign a non-compete clause when I took the job. They basically told me, "All your future work are belong to us."

  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Jul 17 2009.