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pick up

  • person who doesn't catch on to jokes, does not pick up.
    She never picks up.

    Last edited on Apr 29 2013. Submitted by John W. from Canada on Jun 27 1997.

  • to score drugs

    Last edited on Apr 29 2013. Submitted by Dan E. from Toronto, ON, Canada on Jan 23 2003.

verb

  • to successfully attract a person.
    He picked her up from the bar.

    Last edited on Nov 21 2010. Submitted by Dan E. from Toronto, ON, Canada on Jan 23 2003.

  • as a recovering addict, to ingest a substance that one is addicted to.
    I don't go to bars any more because I'm afraid I'll pick up.

    Last edited on Aug 13 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 13 2015.

verb - intransitive

  • to meet someone for the purpose of engaging in non-committal sexual relations.

    Last edited on Feb 09 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 09 2016.

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pick up artist

noun

  • a man who successfully meets women, collects their telephone numbers and then has sexual intercourse with his desired female.

    Last edited on Feb 09 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 09 2016.

  • a women who successfully meets men and then has sexual intercourse her desired males.

    Last edited on Feb 09 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 09 2016.

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pickup line

noun

  • a canned sentence used to attempt to arouse the interest of a person in order to fuel romance or physical intimacy.

    Last edited on Aug 13 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 13 2015.

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pick up steam

verb

  • to grow in strength, speed, severity, etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                            

    Citation from "Epic Win", Slate, Christopher Beam, Oct 15 2008 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Apr 14 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 14 2010.

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PICNIC

noun

  • acronym for "Problem In Chair, Not In Computer". A method of discretely blaming a computer problem on user error.
    Person A: So what happened with the CEO's wireless?

    Person B: That support request goes in the PICNIC file.

    Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 12 2010.

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pics or it didn't happen.

interjection

  • in response to a claim of an unlikely event occurring, a statement that "pics" (pictures) must be provided or the claimer is a liar.
    Comment #1: I just took a dump that filled half the bowl.

    Comment #2: pics or it didn't happen.

    Last edited on Nov 28 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 28 2015.

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  • Also used in response to the report of something that one would like to see, even if it's perfectly reasonable or even likely that the reported event happened.
    Comment #1: My wife looks great in the lingerie I bought her for her birthday.

    Comment #2: pics or it didn't happen.

    Last edited on Nov 28 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 28 2015.

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pid

adjective

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piddle

noun

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piddling

adjective

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