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Definition of the cat's pajamas

cat's pajamas, the

noun - plural

  • the best.
    This deli is the cat's pajamas.

    Last edited on Oct 14 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

  • something excellent, cool.
                                                                                                                                                                                       

    Citation from "The Terror", The Tick (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2002) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 25 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'cat':

Definitions include: a female.
Definitions include: A male who moves in on and takes the attention of a female away from another male that she was potentially interested in.
Definitions include: Long chain, such as a watch chain, worn by 'hep cats' and zoot suiters.
Definitions include: a fight between two or more females.
Definitions include: two people who become enemies and make conflicts.
Definitions include: a short nap.
Definitions include: A term used in the Bronx in the seventies denoting that a person is ignored, looked over, paid no attention to, wrote off, disrespected.
Definitions include: raining hard.
Definitions include: something really great.
Definitions include: something great; "first rate."
Definitions include: an infectious disease humans catch from cats.
Definitions include: the best you can get.
Definitions include: a calm, cool, and collected person especially in times of turmoil or trial.
Definitions include: a person who copies others.
Definitions include: to hold down others from social progression.

Other terms relating to 'pajama':

Definitions include: acronym for "party juice" - a mixed drink prepared in large quantities for parties.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

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