Browsing page 1 of new words for March 13, 2005

• to misbehave.

  Last edited on Mar 13 2005. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

adjective

• of poor quality; "cheap".

  This chincy watch can't keep time worth a damn.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bad, poor, sucks, common, generally displeasing.

  Last edited on Sep 30 2011. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

noun

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  a tightwad.

  Last edited on Oct 09 2011. Submitted by LouieLouie from Blue Ridge, GA, USA on Dec 04 2009.

• a device, especially a complex one.

  Last edited on Mar 13 2005. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

verb - transitive

• to acquire by trickery.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "The Righteous Brothers", Arrested Development (TV, 2005), Season 2 Episode 18 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

• a device.

  Last edited on Mar 13 2005. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

verb

• to make a person angry.

  He really gets my goat.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.

  Last edited on Jan 05 2013. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

origin

• "Get (one's) goat" began as American prison slang, which in turn came from an off-color joke. The joke: Men stranded on a desert island find a herd of goats. Being starved for love, they have sex with the female goats. This goes on day after day until one day a fight breaks out between two men. When asked to explain, one man points at the other and shouts angrily, "He's got my goat!" That's how the expression began.
  
  This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.

  Last edited on Jan 05 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 04 2013.

• to malfunction.

  My computer went haywire.

  Last edited on Mar 13 2005. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

noun - uncountable

• "damnation". Used in expressions such as, "How in tarnation...", "What in tarnation...", etc.

  I walked all over tarnation today.

  How in tarnation did you do that?

  Last edited on Aug 20 2012. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.

adjective

• exhausted. Often used as "plumb tuckered out", meaning very exhausted.

                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Conscience", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 15 2011. Submitted by Tom D. from Orlando, FL, USA on Mar 13 2005.