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context switch
verb - intransitive
- to switch between tasks, requiring one to switch their focus on the new task.
I've calculated that I lose an hour of productivity each day due to the cost of context switching from my programming work to email and back.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
Last edited on Jan 24 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 24 2013.
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dook
noun
- a defecation session.
That was a painful dook. That spicy pasta did taste excellent going in, though.
I just had a dook.
Last edited on Apr 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 24 2013.
verb - ambitransitive
- to defecate.
Man, I have to dook.
- See more words with the same meaning: to defecate, poop, shit.
Last edited on Jan 24 2013. Submitted by Todd Zarotney on Jun 04 1997.
notes
- Possibly an abbreviated form of dookie.
- See more words with the same meaning: abbreviations (list of).
Last edited on Jan 24 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 24 2013.
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do what it says on the tin
verb
- to work as advertised. (Literally: "do what it says on the product's packaging.")
Person A: How's that blood pressure medication working for you?
Person B: Well, it does what it says on the tin.Last edited on Jan 24 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 24 2013.
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e-ticket ride
noun
- a ride of excitement or great fun.
That car chase looks like an e-ticket ride!
- See more words with the same meaning: exciting, fun, full of people.
Last edited on Jan 24 2013. Submitted by Rick T. on Mar 26 2005.
origin
- From Disney Land in the 1960s. One would purchase a ticket book, as tickets were required to ride on the rides. The ticket books were labeled "A" through "E". "E" tickets were required for the most exciting of the rides.
Last edited on Jan 24 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 24 2013.
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run train on
verb - transitive
- See run train.
- See more words with the same meaning: sex activities, practices, moves.
Last edited on Jan 25 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 24 2013.
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what it says on the tin
- as advertised. (Literally: "what it says on the product's packaging.") Primarily British slang.
It does what it says on the tin.
- See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of).
Last edited on Jan 29 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 25 2010.
notes
- Also see do what it says on the tin.
Last edited on Jan 24 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 24 2013.
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