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24-7

Rating:2.6

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Always. Literally "24 hours by 7 days" meaning all the time.

"My girlfriend's jealous 'cause I talk about you 24/7. But she don't know you like I know you, Slim, no one does. ... I'll be the biggest fan you'll ever lose." [from the Song Stan (featuring Dido) by Eminem]

I listen to Eninem 24-7! Comment by: Eminem Fan Rated:5/5

i love that song its baller. i listen to it like all the time. Comment by: jamison Rated:5/5

this term did originate in the US and like much slang in the US has now been adopted by english speakers world wide Comment by: ezekiel Rated:5/5

I'm pretty sure everyone uses this Comment by: mookie

MACHODAMANA JANE HAVE, CHUT MARINA, MASI JADHAMNA, Comment by: LATAKTA KHANJAR Rated:5/5

Is this really considered 'slang?' Comment by: Aaron Agopian Rated:2/5

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Rating:0.4

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1) mutual oral sex at the same time. 2) the year 1969

"I got my first real six-string. Bought it at the five-and-dime. Played it till my fingers bled. It was the summer of '69 " [from the Song Summer of 69 by Bryan Adams]

And I thought the Summer of '69 was about felacio! Comment by: The Critic Rated:3/5

69 is kewl! Comment by: Yeahah

who doesn't know what this means? honestly now. Comment by: Simba

LMFAO!!!!!!!!! ITS THE BEST! Comment by: Ashley

the French have a phrase for this too ... but i forgot what it was within the first 20 seconds Comment by: Lowell

....that song is bogus, Brian Adams grew up in Canada, they didn't have a five and dime there.... Comment by: Toots

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86'ed

Posted by: Mean DeanRating:0.4

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To be thrown out, usually from a nightclub or bar, and banned from re-entry for an extended period of time.

"Yeah since you left me lying around. Pretty beat up, Since you 86-ed me..." [from the Song Pretty Beat Up by The Rolling Stones]

American here, never heard this. I am 23 and I have lived on the West Coast and Mid-West never heard of this slang. Ever. Ever....Ever Comment by: Kido

How 'bout when a restaurant is out of something? They tell the wait staff to "86" the item. Also you get buried in a 8' long coffin 6' under... creepy, huh? Comment by: JP

I've worked in a restaurant and I was told that "86"ing an item is an old military term for needing to restock on that item. Comment by: Chris G

Still around. To "86" something is to strike it off a list, perhaps in preparation for restocking. Comment by: farcat

this is a term I have heard lots of times in washington. like "I can't go there... Last time I got so drunk they 86ed me" Comment by: wes

To my understanding, this term originates from the US MArines. 86. To throw away or get rid of something. From the number of the form originally used to remove an item from a stock record. You could 86 something by throwing it off the side of a ship. (though I wouldn't recommend it) Comment by: Kathy

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A Canadian

Rating:2.5

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Used when ordering a certain type of beer "Molson Canadian" EX: "Gimme a Canadian bartender!"

"Hey, I'm not a lumber jack, Or a fur trader, And I dont live in an igloo, Or eat blubber, Or own a dog sled, And I don't know, Jimmy, Jally or Suzie from Canada, Although I'm sure they're really really nice, I have a Prime Minister not a President, I speak English and French not American, And I pronounce it about not "a-boot", I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack I believe in peackeeping not policing. Diversity not assimilation, And that the beaver is a truley proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch. And it is pronounced "zed", not "zee", "ZED"! Canada is the 2nd largest landmass! The 1st nation in hockey! And the best part of North America! My name is Joe and I am Canadian!" [from the Song I Am Canadian by Molson]

Canada is the linchpin of the English- speaking world. Comment by: Winston Churchill

I'm not a Starfleet Commander, nor T.J Hooker... I speak English ... and French not Klingon. I live in California, although I was raised in Montreal. My name is William Shatner and I AM CANADIAN! Comment by: Bill Shatner Rated:5/5

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ain't

Rating:1.3

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(1) "is not", "am not", "are not". Example: "I ain't the guy you're looking for". (2)to indicate disagreement

"You ain't nothin' but a hound dog. Cryin' all the time. Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit and You ain't no friend of mine." [from the Song Hounddog by Elvis Presley]

Improper English, most avoid using it. Unless your a "redneck", or a "hick". (Country person) Comment by: Girl

Yeah, right. As long as you don't say this when you're being graded on your oratory, you should be fine. (Besides, anyone who says "hick" or "redneck" is degrading themselves more than they're degrading then they're intending to degrade the person they're calling that. XP) Comment by: Allieyy Rated:5/5

ain't yall kno who use this. i ain't no redneck or a "hick" black ppl say this 2. gt yo shyt straight beezy Comment by: Denahli

dood ur trying to hard to act black Comment by: MENACE Rated:3/5

ain't is in the dictionary peaple Comment by: cat Rated:3/5

"ain't" ain't a word Comment by: papillon

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airhead

Rating:1.3

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a stupid person. A person with only air in their head.

"I see I finally got inside your mind. Bounced off the sides a couple hundred times. That's when I realized the big empty space Inside I'd find. " [from the Song Airhead by OS101]

Most of the posters to this dictionary seem to be "airheads" Comment by: The Critic Rated:2/5

Often said about blonde-haired women. Comment by: Rachael

a friend of mine likes "airheads." they're so stupid! i hate those b****es! Comment by: RAWR!

An "air-head" is someone whose head would be filled with air if no one knew any better... or... There is air where brains should otherwise be... "When people smoke marijuana, their heads get filled with air..." -[hypothetical pot- head definition of air-head] See also: slow; dumb; blonde {ie. dumb blonde}; ignorant; idiotic; thoughtless; and the list goes on... Comment by: Joe Rated:3/5

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alright

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alright means OK, copasetic

"I used to say I couldn't do it, but I did it. After telling everybody that I wasn't with it. Though it brings tears to my eyes, I can feel it, And I know inside I'm gonna be ALRIGHT." [from the Song I'm Gonna Be Alright by Jennifer Lopez]

Copacetic is itse'f slang, albeit from the 1950's Comment by: asano_man

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Back

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A woman's butt. "Baby got back" usually means that a woman has a shapely, round butt.

"Im tired of magazines, saying flat butts are the thing. Take the average black man and ask him that She gotta pack much back." [from the Song I Like Big Butts by Sir Mix-a-Lot]

actually the name of the song is "baby got back" Comment by: laina

This word definitely has hundreds of meanings. Comment by: YO!Americano

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backward-ass

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Same meaning as ass-backwards, but more urban. Someone who does everything wrong. Someone whose archaic and inflexible value system interferes with their personal effectiveness.

"I'm a backward-ass hillbilly. I'm Dick Buttkiss." [from the Song Same In The End by Sublime]

It should read back-assward Comment by: T.V.

or ass-backward, is how I always heard it. Comment by: Emily

No, I've it every which way, and they are all valid Comment by: American Guy

Also heard bass-ackwards used Comment by: Jettbot

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Beaner

Rating:2.6

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A Mexican

"Don't call me gringo, You fuckin beaner. Stay on your side of that goddamn river. " [from the Song Caca by Shakira]

This is a big one! haha but everyone says it unless there mexican, don't deny it... Comment by: st Rated:5/5

While I haven't heard that Shakira song, it is the same lyric as the song Frijolero by Molotov. Comment by: Chris G

everyone i know uses the word as a crappy van that mexican immigrants buy once they get to america. Comment by: me Rated:3/5

This is a derogatory term for a Mexican. It is very offensive to some people. It could get you a beat down. Comment by: Sylvia

Beat down? Hell, It'l get you beat up! Comment by: clayton Rated:5/5

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blue

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to feel sad, depressed

"Blue, here is a shell for you. Inside you'll hear a sigh, a foggy lullaby. There is your song from me." [from the Song Blue by Joni Mitchell]

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boner

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an erection, a penis engorged with blood.

"Cranberry sauce, green beans and muffins You be the turkey and I'm the stuffing I've got a boner for Christmas" [from the Song I've Got A Boner For Christmas by Nerf Herder]

A stupid action or mistake. "Man, that was such a boner" Comment by: Ken

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boobs

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A woman's breasts, usually indicating large breasts. See "melons", "jugs", "funbags"

"Something is lacking, I'm not attracting. My jugs are not as big as I want them to be. I want 36D. I'm not receiving enough affection. Gonna get me a silicon injection. And fulfill my dreams, bust through my seams." [from the Song New Boobs by NOFX]

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booger

Rating:3.3

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"snot", mucous discharge from the nose.

"White juice on his beard. Well the booger man. ... White cream on his beard, With that booger." [from the Song The Booger Man by Frank Zappa]

thats what i need. common everyday terms that i cant find anywhere else. Comment by: titter Rated:5/5

It means disagreeable person, as in He's really a booger. This is more children's slang. Comment by: Twisted Rated:5/5

...and don't forget the "Revenge of the Nerds" character, 'Booger,' played by Curtis Armstrong... Comment by: Saoirse

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bottled up

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not expressing your feelings

"And all this hate is BOTTLED UP inside. My heart is breaking. Man you really ripped it out." [from the Song Bottled Up by Korn]

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boy racer

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typically teenaged or early twenties male who spends all income on transforming small hatchback car into modified vehicle and then driving it dangerously and accompained by terrible dance music "that cunt is a boy racing bastard"

"He's got too many girlfriends. He thinks he owns this city. He overspeeds and he never gets pulled over." [from the Song The Boy Racer by Morrissey]

Can also be an older male going through their mid-life crisis, buying a flashy sports car (i.e. porsche convertible) & trying to carry on like they're 18 again. Comment by: Anon Rated:4/5

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brother

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A fellow black person. A friend, compatriot.

"With cocaine, my success came speedy. Got me twisted, jammed into a paradox. Every dollar I get, another BROTHER drops. Maybe that's the plan, and I don't understand, God damn----you got me sinkin in quicksand." [from the Song New Jack Hustler by Ice-T]

weat dumbass put this on here? brother is the oppisite of a sister. not only black people have them yu dipshyt. bt wen yu say bruh or brah that means a black nigguh datz yo homie Comment by: Denahli

Hippy types use it too with strangers, to indicate that we are all brothers in the human race Comment by: poisonives

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Buckie

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Buckfast Tonic Wine, also known as Buckfast or Buckie.

"Standing on the corner back in Govanhill. Nine days out from home, feeling no pain. That northern city sun breaking through the rain. That warmthless sun barely shining on Me and you and a bottle of Buckie." [from the Song A Bottle of Buckie by Ted Leo]

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bummer

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Same as downer. A situation that is bad, for example, when responding to someone's sorrowful story one might say, "that's a real bummer."

"Some people go to bed with Lucifer. Then they cry, cry, cry when they don't greet the day with God. I know life's a BUMMER baby. But that's got precious little to do with me." [from the Song Monster Magnet by Bummer]

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Buns

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buttocks, ass

"My anaconda don't want none, unless you've got buns hun. You can do side bends or sit-ups, but please don't lose that butt" [from the Song I Like Big Butts by Sir Mix-a-Lot]

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camel toe

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When a female has a fronter wedgie. Basically there crotch is eating there pants.

"I could see her uterus her pants were too tight. She must've owned panties that were not in sight. She walked right by the poor woman didn't know. She had a frontal wedgie - a Camel Toe." [from the Song Camel Toe by Fanny Pack]

Uh. "their" crotch and "their" pants. Comment by: name

Who's the idiot that wrote the first definition? Didn't you learn anything in school? The word "there" means "not here but over there". The word you meant to say is "their" which means "belonging to them". Go back to school or take a good ESL class (English as a Second Language) cause you sure don't know English. Comment by: str8pypes

"cause" is slang for because! Learn some English yourself. Comment by: Gian

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carry on

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to perservere

"I can't carry on...living life like this. This can't be what it is. I don't wanna live my life like this." [from the Song Carry On by Ashanti]

to keep trying, to keep moving forward Comment by: katy

In US military this is an order (often to an enlisted man from an officer who has interrupted him in his duties) to return to his former occupation. Comment by: dbeierl

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Cheeks

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flesh of buttocks

"And when I'm at the beach, I'm in the speedo trying to tan my cheeks. This is how I roll, come on ladies it's time to go." [from the Song Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO]

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Chesterfield

Rating:0.6

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Couch, sofa. Named after Lord Chesterfield, supposedly the first to saw off the arms off armchairs of three chairs and put them together, and wa-la, a chesterfield

"I believe in peackeeping not policing. Diversity not assimilation and that the beaver is a truley proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch. And it is pronounced "zed", not "zee"." [from the Song I Am Canadian by Molson]

Only old people use this term. Comment by: Jarrod

definitely not true Comment by: james

I used this when i was a kid! lol which wasnt tht long ago... Comment by: emmamarie

Never heard of it before. Comment by: Bob Joe Rated:1/5

An old brand of cigarrets in USA..my grandfather smoked...first brand i smoked after stealing one at age 8 Comment by: bob martin

I grew up using "Chesterfield"....possible validation of the "old people" comment. I miss it as it distinguishes Canadians. "Sofa" is unacceptable! Seems "couch" is what we've adapted to. Comment by: Jo-Ann

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chill

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To chill or chill out is to rest, relax or even tell someone to calm down. "I am chilling" could be used to say I am putting up my feet and having a beer for awhile.

"Let's chill. Let's settle down. That's what I wanna do. Just me and you. Let's chill." [from the Song Let's Chill by Toni Estes]

chill means cool too like that is chill means that is cool Comment by: me

This is also used in parts of the US to mean smoke marijuana. As in: "I just got some sticky nugs. Wanna go chill in the car before we go into the movie?" Comment by: That Guy

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