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gaslight

verb - transitive

  • to slowly and methodically psychologically manipulate a person, with the goal of driving them insane.
    To celebrate major events in each other's lives, one of the traditions within the department was to gaslight a colleague.

    Last edited on Jul 28 2010. Submitted by Jacqueline G. from Little Rock, AR, USA on Nov 08 2004.

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pin (one's) ears back

verb - transitive

  • to chastise.

    Last edited on Jul 27 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 27 2010.

  • to defeat soundly.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

    Citation from "Sport: Advantage Kramer", Time, Sep 01, 1947 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 27 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 27 2010.

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make (one's) bones

verb

  • to earn a respected position in a field of work.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

    Citation from "Movie review: 'Rachel Getting Married'", Chicago Tribune, Michael Phillips, October 9 2008 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 05 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 05 2010.

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jackwagon

adjective

  • A male who's daily life includes most of their time "jacking off" ( masturbating)
    He is such a jackwagon.

    Last edited on Jun 23 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 23 2014.

noun

  • an insult. Likely coined specifically for the Geico commercial quoted in the following citation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

    Citation from Geico commercial, 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
    Tandra is a jack wagon.

    Last edited on May 02 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 03 2010.

  • A useless piece of equipment, usually military, used to refer to a mule-drawn freight wagon which had been pieced together from discarded or substandard parts, and subject to frequent breakdowns. Jackwagons typically were good for only one or two uses, then abandoned or discarded along roadsides and in ditches, and were often re-cannibalized to create new jackwagons.

    Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by The Sterd on Oct 21 2010.

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  • possibly a TV-appropriate form of jackass.

    Last edited on Aug 05 2010. Submitted by Methos from Shady Side, MD, USA on Jul 28 2010.

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ranga

noun

  • a person with red hair. Australian slang.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

    Citation from "Oops: O'Farrell 'off the record' tweet", The Sydney Morning Herald, Paul Tatnell, July 15 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 15 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 15 2010.

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Reality Distortion Field

noun

  • from Wikipedia: "the idea that Steve Jobs is able to convince himself and others to believe almost anything with a mix of charm, charisma, bluster, exaggeration, marketing and persistence."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

    Citation from "Apple betrays loyal customers with iPad's micro-SIM slot", The Sidney Morning Herald - digihub blog, aturner, January 29 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 14 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 29 2010.

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