Browsing page 9 of new words for August 26, 2009

adjective

• garbage (shortened of garbage can).

  Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.

noun

• bathroom.

                                                                   
  
  Citation from "H.O.U.S.E. Rules", Eureka (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: bathroom, restroom.

  Last edited on Dec 13 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 01 2001.

• buttocks.

  Check out the can on her!

  • See more words with the same meaning: buttocks, butt, ass.

  Last edited on Jul 22 2002. Submitted by T. S. from St Louis, MO, USA on Jul 22 2002.

• a breast. Usually used in the plural.

  Nice cans, hon.

  Did you see the size of the cans on that waitress?!

  Check out those cans!

  His sister has nice cans.

  • See more words with the same meaning: breast, breasts.

  Last edited on Feb 15 2019. Submitted by John O. from Algonquin, IL, USA on Oct 07 2004.

• a headphone. Used in the plural, to refer to headphones.
  
  Hypothesis for etymology: From "Desperates", Cockney rhyming slang from the cartoon character Desperate Dan. He was a huge, amiable but very stupid man with a large chin whose favorite food was cow pie, complete with horns and tail poking out of the piecrust.

  Last edited on Feb 15 2019. Submitted by Jill G. from Westminster, London, UK on Apr 09 2005.

• toilet.

  He's on the can.

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

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

• a jail; prison; confined room; jail cell.

  Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.

• a spray paint.

  Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.

• a silencer.

  Last edited on Jan 30 2016. Submitted by Chuck S. on Jan 30 2016.

verb - transitive

• to dismiss ("fire") from a job.

  Your boss is gonna can you if you don't show up tomorrow.

                                                               
  
  Citation from "Death Has a Shadow", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (1999) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to fire, dismiss.

  Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Nina R. from Shorewood, WI, USA on May 15 2004.

• to stop speech, visible emotion, etc.

                                                                                               
  
                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "The Unusual Suspects", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 10 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

                                                                        
  
                             
  
  Citation from "Iced, Iced Babies", American Dad! (TV), Season 2 Episode 6 (2006) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

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

  Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 22 2013.

• a reduction in sales volume for a company's product resulting from the introduction of a new, similar product.

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

verb - transitive

• to use parts from one object to repair another of the same type.

  That unit is beyond repair, so we're just going to cannibalize it for parts.

  Last edited on Oct 06 2022. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

noun - plural

• the best.

  This deli is the cat's pajamas.

  Last edited on Oct 14 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

• something excellent, cool.

                                                                                                                                                                                     
  
  Citation from "The Terror", The Tick (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2002) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 25 2011.

verb - intransitive

• to continuously change the TV channel, looking for a program one wants to watch.

                                                                                                                           
  
  Citation from "I Never Met the Dead Man", Family Guy (TV), Season 1 Episode 2 (1999) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Oct 28 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.