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call Ralph on the porcelain phone
verb
- to vomit in the toilet. Origin - the name Ralph sounds as if one is vomiting.
Did you call Ralph on the porcelain phone?
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Last edited on Feb 12 2013. Submitted by Ryan G. from Mesa, AZ, USA on Aug 26 2002.
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call shenanigans
verb
- to appose, or contest.
After the guys played the prank, the coach called shenanigans on the next part.
Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Douglas M. from Mesa, AZ, USA on Jul 06 2002.
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call shotgun
verb
- to claim the (front) seat next to the driver in an automobile. Derives from the "old west" when stagecoaches routinely had an armed guard (typically with a shotgun) seated next to the driver on top.
- See more words with the same meaning: to claim.
Last edited on Nov 03 2008. Submitted by Michael W. on Nov 03 2008.
- to claim ownership or rights to something or someone.
Last edited on Jul 28 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 28 2011.
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call the shots
verb
- to be the leader.
Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.
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call the whales
verb
- to vomit. Relates to the sound one makes when vomiting uncontrollably into a toilet bowl (with the associated echo effect.) A term me and my friends used in college at Louisiana State University.
I was calling the whales all night.
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Last edited on Jun 12 2013. Submitted by Nick F. from Houston, TX, USA on Jan 20 1999.
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call Uncle Ralph on the big porcelain telephone
verb
- to vomit.
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Last edited on Mar 24 2003. Submitted by M. J. from Dallas, TX, USA on Mar 24 2003.
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call up some dinosaurs
verb
- to vomit, usually from over-consumption of alcohol.
He was calling up some dinosaurs last night.
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Last edited on Nov 08 1999. Submitted by Devienne from Bozeman, MT, USA on Nov 08 1999.
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call up to the majors
verb - transitive
- to offer a promotion in a job or position in life.
Citation from "Open up Your Yenta Mouth and Say Ah", Royal Pains (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 12 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
Last edited on May 04 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 17 2010.
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Cally
noun - uncountable
- misspelling of Cali.
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Last edited on Aug 18 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 16 2010.
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Calvicytherium
noun
- Meaning: A historical musical instrument; a harpsichord with vertical strings.
Pronunciation: kal-vih-sih-THEER-ee-um
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The musicologist was thrilled to discover an original calvicytherium in the estate's collection, its vertical strings still intact.Unlike a standard piano, the calvicytherium saved space by arranging its strings perpendicular to the keyboard.
The concert featured music from the Renaissance, played on period-accurate instruments like the lute and the rare calvicytherium.
Last edited on Aug 28 2025. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 28 2025.
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