Browsing page 1 of new words for April 3, 2010

verb

• to resume drinking alcohol or doing drugs after a period of sobriety.

                                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Asunder", Terriers (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 10 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 28 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

• to resume any harmful or distasteful behavior after a period of time during which the behavior was absent.

  Last edited on Apr 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

origin

• From "fall off the water wagon."

  Last edited on Apr 02 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 02 2011.

verb

• to care; to mind. Usually used in the negative.

  I don't give a rip if he stays or goes.

  Last edited on Apr 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

adjective

• adjective form of fall off the wagon.

                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "Steve Guttenberg's Birthday", Party Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Dec 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

noun

• the revealing of information that is overly intimate.

  The detailed description of her childbirth was a definite overshare.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  
  Citation from "Lady Gaga's Topless Birthday Treat", E! Online, Lia Haberman, Mar 30 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Apr 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

verb

• to reveal information that is overly intimate.

  Alcohol tends to make me overshare.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
  
  Citation from "Madman, Perhaps; Survivor, Definitely", The New York Times, Manohola Dargis, April 7 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Apr 07 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

verb

• to take advantage of.

  They really screwed us over on the contract.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick.

  Last edited on Apr 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

verb - transitive

• to take advantage of.

  They really screwed us over on the contract.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick.

  Last edited on Apr 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

verb - transitive

• to verbally attack someone; "rip (one) a new asshole".

  My boss really tore me a new one after I lost the client.

                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Baby Monitor", Raising Hope (TV), Season 1 Episode 21 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

• plural of volly.

  Last edited on Apr 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

noun

• a volunteer. Used in firefighting.

  Last edited on Apr 03 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 03 2010.

• "vol au vent", a type of pastry.

  Last edited on Oct 06 2010. Submitted by Rollergirl.... from Bournemouth, UK on Oct 01 2010.