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Definition of lights are on but no one's home
lights are on but no one's home
- alive but brain-dead.
Last edited on Aug 31 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'but': | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "all but dissertation". | |
| Definitions include: to be okay; not a big concern. | |
| Definitions include: a student who has completed all parts of advanced education with the exception of completing, presenting, and defending their dissertation. | |
| Definitions include: to almost happen, but not. | |
| Definitions include: everything. | |
| Definitions include: A person walking towards you that looks attractive until they get closer. | |
| Definitions include: appearing last in some list, but not because it's the least important item on the list. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: Silent But Deadly. | |
| Definitions include: particularly smelly flatulence. | |
| Definitions include: particularly smelly flatulence. | |
Other terms relating to 'home': | |
| Definitions include: to earn an income. | |
| Definitions include: Newfoundland | |
| Definitions include: Newfoundlander | |
| Definitions include: as a guest, to eat an excessive amount. | |
| Definitions include: see home run. | |
| Definitions include: friend. | |
| Definitions include: a simple minded person, never cognizant of the world around them; MORON. | |
| Definitions include: In the "sexual contact as baseball achievement" metaphor, means sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: friend. | |
| Definitions include: a good friend; "home boy". | |
| Definitions include: a good friend. | |
| Definitions include: a person who has an affair with a married person. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: unexciting, boring. | |
| Definitions include: what's up, my friend? | |
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Other terms relating to 'is': | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: what was previously expected to happen may not. | |
| Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
| Definitions include: "alright". | |
| Definitions include: family relations are more important than other relationships. | |
| Definitions include: interjection used to announce one's arrival. | |
| Definitions include: This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "for what it's worth". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Google is your friend". | |
| Definitions include: "How are you doing?" Also how you going. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am a lawyer". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a constitutional lawyer". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I Am Not A Lawyer." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a medical doctor". | |
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Other terms relating to 'light': | |
| Definitions include: slang for Bhangra (an Indian dance where the hands are raised in the air in a twisting motion). | |
| Definitions include: to imitate competitors. | |
| Definitions include: to approve a plan. | |
| Definitions include: a girl that flashes her breasts 2. a girl who is loose or acts like she is all that. | |
| Definitions include: erect nipples. | |
| Definitions include: it's the end / death of something. | |
| Definitions include: to punch someone until they are unconscious. | |
| Definitions include: commonly used southern US term (Louisiana) means closed. | |
| Definitions include: time to go to bed. | |
| Definitions include: to set flame to a smoking device, such as a cigarette or pipe. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "lights on but nobody home", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts. | |
| Definitions include: "Natural Light" beer. | |
| Definitions include: deeply asleep. | |
| Definitions include: an area of a town where the prostitutes are. | |
| Definitions include: When a woman is on her period. | |
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Other terms relating to 'no': | |
| Definitions include: "don't have any". | |
| Definitions include: "ain't no thang", i.e. "it isn't a thing", meaning that something isn't to be concerned about; "no big deal"; "don't worry about it". | |
| Definitions include: to be okay; not a big concern. | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: a situation with no possible positive outcome. | |
| Definitions include: to almost happen, but not. | |
| Definitions include: The state of being deeply inebriated. | |
| Definitions include: exclamation upon realizing one's misfortune. | |
| Definitions include: See "fuck". | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "no". | |
| Definitions include: see hells. | |
| Definitions include: variant of "hell to the no". | |
| Definitions include: an emphatic "hell no". | |
| Definitions include: a greeting. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "no big deal". | |
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Other terms relating to 'on': | |
| Definitions include: seemingly accidental but with a secret motive. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: See on (one's) plate. | |
| Definitions include: useless. | |
| Definitions include: doing better after an unfavorable event. | |
| Definitions include: returned to one's meth or crack addiction. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
| Definitions include: to leave (a relationship) or abandon. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: See barge in. | |
| Definitions include: used to describe a person that is angry and is scolding at someone. | |
| Definitions include: to be involved with. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
| Definitions include: to be very happy. | |
Other terms relating to 'one': | |
| Definitions include: "goodbye". | |
| Definitions include: a "Long Island Ice Tea" (also called a "Long Island Iced Tea") which is a strong alcoholic mixed drink. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket | |
| Definitions include: Slang for having a shit. | |
| Definitions include: to go back to the beginning. | |
| Definitions include: $1,000 | |
| Definitions include: to die or to get killed. | |
| Definitions include: "buy one get one" free. | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: To defecate. | |
| Definitions include: a beer. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate, typically used in the case of men | |
| Definitions include: a question that is difficult to answer. | |
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