Browsing page 12 of "U" words

noun

• the advantage in a situation.

                                            
  
                                                                                                                   
  
  Citation from "I Am the Walrus", American Dad! (TV), Season 6 Episode 13 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 28 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 28 2011.

• n. remote, unhip location.

  She lived in Upper Rubber Boot, Saskatchewan.

  Last edited on Jul 15 1998. Submitted by Mark H. from Canada on Jul 15 1998.

• arrogant.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

• attempting to live above one's social status. condescending.

  Last edited on Dec 27 2009. Submitted by Anonymous from Hockley, TX 77447, USA on Dec 27 2009.

noun

• something sold to a customer that they hadn't originally planned to buy.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

verb

• to sell something additional that a customer hadn't originally planned to buy.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

adjective

• in trouble. Possibly a shortened version of "up shit creek without a paddle".

  Last edited on Dec 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

• in trouble.

  Last edited on Sep 05 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 05 2003.

notes

• See also up a creek without a paddle, up shit creek.

  Last edited on Apr 26 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 19 2010.

noun - uncountable

• in the head, brain.

  He doesn't have a lot going on upstairs.

  Last edited on Oct 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

• a metaphorical (or often actual) place where higher management works.

  I'm going to have to run this upstairs before we can sign the deal.

  Last edited on Oct 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 19 2010.

verb - intransitive

• to minimize or eliminate connections with one's current location of residence.

                                                                                                                                                
  
  Citation from "The virtual curmudgeon", The Economist, Sep 2 2010 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 05 2010.

• to decamp.

  Last edited on Jul 21 2012. Submitted by Simon Barrett from London, Greater London, UK on Mar 06 2012.

adjective

• in an excessive amount, usually too much. Also up the butt.

  I've got e-mail up the ass!

  • See more words with the same meaning: many, much, lots.

  Last edited on Jan 13 1998. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.

adjective

• A New Zealand expression meaning to be in trouble. From the Puhoi river, north of Auckland. Originally the expression was "Up the Puhoi without a paddle". Similar to being "up shit creek without a paddle."
  
  http://erwin.bernhardt.net.nz/oceania/newzealandfacts.html

  Last edited on Apr 06 2013. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Dec 02 2010.