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Definition of red shirts
red shirt
noun
- someone who is likely to be martyred, often someone who's own character or role is trivial. comes from the original star trek series, where on any planetary expedition, any character wearing a red shirt was likely to die in order to create drama and suspense.
Last edited on Feb 21 2005. Submitted by Tony F. from Ann Arbor, MI, USA on Feb 21 2005.
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Other terms relating to 'red': | |
| Definitions include: menstrual period. | |
| Definitions include: angry, pissed off | |
| Definitions include: an emergency situation. | |
| Definitions include: a strain of marijuana | |
| Definitions include: see Aunt Flo and cousin Red. | |
| Definitions include: to give oral sex to a woman on her period, for the first time. | |
| Definitions include: something that gets on your nerves or bugs you. | |
| Definitions include: in debt. | |
| Definitions include: interjection of surprise, alarm, etc. | |
| Definitions include: to have a great time around town. | |
| Definitions include: a strain of marijuana | |
| Definitions include: figuratively, a very small amount. | |
| Definitions include: mean; spiteful; cruel. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is so intense in his/her competitive spirit that they are constantly on the verge of boiling over. | |
| Definitions include: emergency, or a situation that needs an urgent response. | |
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| Definitions include: to not get angry, to stay calm. | |
| Definitions include: to lose a lot or all of one's money. | |
| Definitions include: male homosexual | |
| Definitions include: an overly formal person. | |
| Definitions include: to shoot someone | |
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