Definition of wake up and smell the coffee

wake up and smell the coffee

verb

• a command/invitation to accept reality.

  Wake up and smell the coffee, man! Your ex-wife is not coming back.

  Last edited on Sep 05 2003. Submitted by "Hiroaki S. on Sep 05 2003.

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Other terms relating to 'and':
AAB	Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Abel and Cain	Definitions include: "rain".
Adam and Eve	Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
all bark and no bite	Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
all fingers and thumbs	Definitions include: clumsy.
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
all wind and piss	Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
an arm and a leg	Definitions include: a lot of money.
and 1	Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
and a half	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and all that jazz	Definitions include: et cetera.
and a quarter	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and change	Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
and how	Definitions include: interjection of agreement.
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Other terms relating to 'coffee':
coffee	Definitions include: morning hot cup of energy
Coffee house Commando	Definitions include: Coffee house commando
coffee talk	Definitions include: hanging out and talking about nothing.
use coffee	Definitions include: use coffee
Other terms relating to 'smell':
code smell	Definitions include: something that indicates poor choices made elsewhere in a code base.
I smell what you're cooking	Definitions include: an expression of empathy or simple understanding.
I smell you	Definitions include: that you understand them.
smell	Definitions include: to understand.
smell a rat	Definitions include: to detect that something is not what it seems.
smell bacon	Definitions include: Used when seeing or detecting the presence of a cop nearby.
smell (one) later	Definitions include: "See (one) later", i.e. "Goodbye".
smell-o-vision	Definitions include: Refers to the smell of an unclean woman's vagina, from wear and tear due to sex or activity.
smell right	Definitions include: to be legitimate, trustworthy, moral, etc.
Smells like teen Smear it	Definitions include: Smells like teen Smear it
smell something fishy	Definitions include: to detect that something is amiss.
take time to smell the roses	Definitions include: to take the time to enjoy life.
wake up and smell	Definitions include: to acknowledge.
wake up and smell the decaf	Definitions include: a variant of "wake up and smell the coffee," which is a command/invitation to accept reality.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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Other terms relating to 'wake':
wake and bake	Definitions include: to smoke marijuana upon waking.
wake up and smell	Definitions include: to acknowledge.
wake up and smell the decaf	Definitions include: a variant of "wake up and smell the coffee," which is a command/invitation to accept reality.
wake up on the wrong side of the bed	Definitions include: to be in a bad mood.
wiener wake up	Definitions include: to wake a friend and significant other by dancing naked and yelling.

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