Browsing page 5 of new words for November 29, 2001

verb

• to stick one's head up out of a cubicle to look at something. The term comes from prairie dogs, who burrow in the ground. In a field with prairie dogs, if there's a loud noise, typically many of them will pop their heads up out of the ground.
  • See more words with the same meaning: corporate-speak (list of).

  Last edited on Nov 29 2001. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

• to need to defecate so badly that the feces is coming out a bit, as a prairie dog looking out of its burrow.

  I was trying to hold in my poop which caused me to prairie dog.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to need to defecate, poop, shit.

  Last edited on Feb 23 2003. Submitted by Nick M. from Washington, DC, USA on Feb 23 2003.

• to need to defecate.

  I'm prairie-dogging - let's find a bathroom.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to need to defecate, poop, shit.

  Last edited on Nov 07 2010. Submitted by Evan R. from Wheaton, IL, USA on Apr 05 2004.

noun

• a "retirement community," (a place where old people go to live.) Possible etymology: raisins are wrinkled.
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  Last edited on Nov 29 2001. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

verb

• to have an orgasm.

  Show me your O face!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to climax, 'come'.

  Last edited on Nov 29 2001. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

notes

• Popularized by the 1999 film Office Space.

  Last edited on Aug 30 2003. Submitted by Morgan D. from Seattle, WA, USA on Aug 30 2003.

verb

• to smile.

  Come on, guys - show some teeth!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to smile.

  Last edited on May 12 2011. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

verb

• See barn door.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to zip one's fly.

  Last edited on Nov 29 2001. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

verb

• to stop talking; "shut up".

  You need to shut your flytrap before I get pissed off.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to stop talking.

  Last edited on Jun 07 2013. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

verb

• to shut one's pie hole, i.e. to shut one's mouth, i.e. to stop talking; "shut up".

  Just shut your pie-hole, dude.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to stop talking.

  Last edited on Jun 07 2013. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

noun - uncountable

• postal mail as opposed to electronic mail.

  I sent you the package via snail mail.

  • See more words with the same meaning: mail (related to).

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.

notes

• "Snail mail" gets its name because it is slower than e-mail, and snails are slow creatures.

  Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by Kevin H. from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA on Nov 29 2001.