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o dark ridiculous - Unbelievably early in the morning. e.g., Gimme a coffee.... I been up since o dark ridiculous this morning. submitted by Lizzy Kate |
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o solar me o - First words of a hymn to The Sun: our solar father which art in the heavens. e.g., O Solar Me O, To thee we pray, Both night and day, Receive thy Light, So glorious bright submitted by Paul Edic - (www) |
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o'besity, macbesity - Two words relating to the current debate about fast-food causing obesity in children. e.g., The Irish form is O'Besity and the Scottish is MacBesity. submitted by Patrick O'Sullivan |
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o'doom - Suffix added to any word to denote that it is a thing of size, power, majesty or grunt, and certainly something to be regarded with awe and reverence. e.g., There's not a lot of room in Dan's bedroom, but that's primarily because it contains the Waterbed O'Doom. submitted by Ben |
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o'slash - A symbol consisting of a red circle with a diagonal stripe. It signifies the activity depicted in the underlying pictograph is forbidden. Often used in traffic signs. e.g., I didn't see the o'slash and got a parking ticket. submitted by Craig R. Boone |
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o-bomb-a-deer - It's a president who it's hard to imagine in the role of commander-in-chief -- at the head of the military, maneuvering troops, and ordering invasions and military strikes. An end to the wars and peace is what we're supposed to expect, so commander-in-chief seems almost like some kind of oxymoron. e.g., O-bomb-a-deer would never hurt a fly (presumably), or a deer, or you, dear. Beets not sores, invest yore dough into plow shares, maybe, sir. submitted by Paul Edic - (www) |
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o-dark thirty - a ridiculously early hour in the morning e.g., We will meet in front of the hotel at O-dark thirty...and then we will take the subway to the race start submitted by Blair |
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o-dark-hundred-hours - Really early in military slang. Modeled after terms like 0700 hours. e.g., Missed my flight and flew standby, to arrive at o-dark-hundred-hours. submitted by clarinet |
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o-h - A two letter combination used primarily at the Ohio State University, must be answered with I-O, or else face major chastising. e.g., "O-H." submitted by Scott |
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o-lame-picks - Medal winner picks by Olympic judges in figure skating in 2002. e.g., The decision by the French judge to leave town was in response to the o-lame-picks the panel made earlier in the week. submitted by Laurie Boese - (www) |
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o-shape - When one's mouth goes into a "o" shape out of utter disbelief. e.g., Curty got so excited he went o-shape. submitted by timmy c |
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o-sign - A patient in very bad shape, usually non-responsive, with the mouth open in the shape of an O. The "dotted" O-Sign describes a fly on the forehead. Q-Sign = O-sign with tongue protruding from the corner of the mouth. e.g., Doctor Jones, Mrs Campbell is doing poorly; she's showing the O-Sign all night long. submitted by John Di Leo |
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o. p. - Over Pricing--when you're sure that you're not going to win a deal but you must try something anyway. Your final call is to "Over Price" ridiculously, hoping to add imaginary value to your product. e.g., Sure we'll win this deal. Why? Because Mauri OP´ed it so much. submitted by HJ |
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o.e. - Operator error. If the person running machine, computer, car (whatever) just can't make it work, that's operator error. e.g., Bert. I can't make copies on this machine. Ernie. Must be an O.E., darling, I just finished making a copy. submitted by Patricia Simpson |
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o.g. - Popularized by Ice T. 1.Original Gangsta. 2.One who has been around for a while. e.g., "I'm an O.G. like that." submitted by Sin - (www) |
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o.g.d. - Obsessive Gesturing Disorder. A disorder in which the subject feels the urge to gesture toards the thing she is explaining. e.g., Bond wishes he was as cool as Liza-Dono, who has the cool affliction OGD. L-D gestures at things such as hell, mailing letter, pipe bombs, and vans full of cameras. submitted by LIZA-DONO - (www) |
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o.i. - (n.) Organic intelligence (as opposed to "artificial intelligence"). e.g., Without O.I., there would never be A.I. submitted by Scott M. Ellsworth |
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o.t.h.d. - Obsessive Tokyo Hotel Disorder e.g., Yes, I suffer from O.T.H.D. submitted by Elizabeth |
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oac - (n.) 1. the event (movie, meeting, birthday party, good night's sleep, whatever) someone is at, in, or attending when he or she is assassinated. (v.) 2. to be invited or sent to an event so that you can be assassinated. (From "Our American Cousin," the play Abraham Lincoln was attending when john wilkes booth shot him (Act III Scene ii).) e.g., Archduke Franz Ferdinand's OAC, a lot like JFK's, was just a simple drive on an otherwise rather ordinary day. submitted by Scott M. Ellsworth |
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oaotay - Don't worry, be happy. e.g., Everything is going to be oaotay. submitted by kink |
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oap - Old Age Pensioner. e.g., "An OAP crashed her car -- into the driving licence centre where she had gone to resit her test." submitted by Bingo Knight - (www) |
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ob - Office Bitch. Unliked office worker. Not intended to be derogatory towards women. (ED. It isn't?) Usually used by non-office workers such as warehouse workers. e.g., Those OBs messed up and are making us look bad. submitted by Darren |
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ob-comic - An observational comedian. e.g., Jerry Seinfeld is an ob-comic. submitted by Ryan Lockwood |
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obakayba - Okay. e.g., "You wanna see a movie tonight?" "Obakayba, let's go." submitted by Tony Vecchio |
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obama-america - America, as transformed by President Barack Obama. Obam-America. e.g., When asked, Barack Obama says he loves America. Yet his mantra is change, unspecified change. Obama (Saul Alinsky acolyte?) should be asked if he loves America as she is and as she has been -- or it's only America-as-changed-by-Obama (Obama-America) that he loves. While you're at it, ask Michelle Obama the same question -- ask her just exactly when it was that she began to take pride in America. submitted by HD Fowler |
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obamania - Excessive enthusiasm for the Presidential candidacy of Barack Hussein Obama. Obamamania. e.g., We need an intervention to save US for obamania. | Yeah, my sister goes overboard about anything liberal or "progressive." She'll be going into rehab for 30 days for obamania. submitted by RushLimbaugh |
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obamanna - (Obama + manna) supernatural boons and messianic miracles that Barack Obama is expected to graciously produce as the new president of the USA. e.g., Don't expect obamanna immediately falling upon us after the presidential inauguration. submitted by Mikhail Epstein - (www) |
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obamateurism - Behavior by the U.S. President that show how ill-prepared he is to be on the world stage as a politician, much less as a statesman. e.g., When he bowed so low to the Emperor of Japan he almost appeared to be groveling, Barack Obama put on one of his worst displays of obamateurism to date. submitted by RushLimbaugh |
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obamatron - Barack Obama's personal and top secret robot intern. e.g., Barack: "Obamatron, get me a soda. This campaigning has me in a state of dehydration." Obamatron: "Beep beep, soda, soda, dreep, drup." submitted by michael |
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obambi - The young followers of Barack Obama, 2008 Democrat presidential candidate -- the ones with the deer-in-the-headlights look. Singular or plural. When used as a singular noun, it is used to refer to the candidate himself.| Obama himself. e.g., Many of them don't have a clue why they're for him, but the obambi gush their love for their candidate at the mere mention of his name. submitted by HD Fowler |
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obamedia - What has been called the "mainstream media" is so far in tank for Barack Obama, it's only fair to refer to it as the Obamedia. P.T. Barnum, move over, any claim you had of being the greatest huckster in history pales compared to Barack Obama's. He's about to get well over 60,000,000 million votes for President of the United States. e.g., Pat Buchanan, with only a slight edit: "Understandably, Powell is being hailed by the Obamedia as a profile in courage. Equally understandably, his endorsement of Obama is said by Republicans to smack of ingratitude, opportunism, and even vindictiveness toward a party to which he owes his fame and career."
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obaminee - Any person nominated by the new commander-in-chief for a cabinet level position, pending confirmation by a Senate Committee. Given the questionable nature of the character or qualifications of the nominees so far -- seven bad apples in the first 16 days, one could reasonably expect that these Obama Nominees would "bomb-out" in front of the Senate Confirmation Committee Hearings, hence, "obaminee." Obamanee. e.g., Of the recent Obaminees for cabinet posts, a tax cheat has been approved to run the IRS, a terrorist lover has been approved to be Attorney General, and four more have withdrawn their names from consideration, to avoid further scrutiny or embarrassment for the establishment. submitted by Glen sorensen |
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obamunism - 1. American style socialism, but administered with an iron fist. 2. Socialists with guns e.g., While we slept, Obamunism supplanted the United States Constitution. submitted by Rodger Schultz - (www) |
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obe - Overcome By Events, used to designate dead projects that were overwhelmed and defeated. e.g., I had high hopes for this project on Monday, but it was OBE by Thursday. submitted by Joel Parker |
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obedis - A disease contracted from kissing someone who is highly unattractive e.g., Jimmy was accused of having obedis by the football players for kissing the cheerleader "mascot." submitted by michael johnson |
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obflusticate - To confuse, through the use of vague, convoluted language, to the point at which the listener either starts grinding her teeth, or flexing her jaw up and down in a flustered state. From the combination of the words obfuscate, fluster and masticate. Noun: obflustication. e.g., Mr. Lay's testimony obflusticated quite a few people. submitted by steve |
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obfuscake - Intransitive verb. To talk unintelligibly or incoherently because one's mouth is full of food. e.g., I didn't understand what he said because he was obfuscaking. submitted by The Puffin |
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obfuscatologist - Someone who makes things unclear or difficult to follow. (Nothing to do with scatology, although that thought does invite another definition. To obfuscate is to make obscure or unclear, especially if done in a circuitous or complicated manner.) e.g., 1. Jim's a professional obfuscatologist; following his trail of excuses is unbelievably difficult. 2. Being an obfuscatologist has to come easy for Chris. After all, he does have crap for brains. submitted by i_monk |
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obfutricate - To obfuscate from one's children one's putrid, rotten thoughts about their other parent so that the children may extricate the truth from their own observations e.g., In his explanation of why a 14-year-old should be in control of a stack of post-dated child support checks while her obdurate, obstinate, oblivious father is skipping visits for months at a time with only a moment's notice of his extended absences, my ex-husband wrote, "You have chosen to obfutricate, but I will not sink to your level." submitted by Kristina F |
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obfuzzcate - The inability to read faxes due to poor print quality. e.g., Resend that fax since it was too obfuzzcated to understand. submitted by Jonathan Brooks |
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obi wan kornobie - An individual of supreme stupidity or colossal dorkishness. Variations include King Korn, Captain Korn, Kornzilla, etc. A spoof on the legendary Jedi Knight, Obi Wan Kenobi. e.g., Ever since my cousin Jim moved to the east coast he thinks he's the Obi Wan Kornobie of the surfing world. submitted by The Inlaw Josie Wales - (www) |
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obituous - This word describes a person who was falsely reported as dead, then had the bad taste to show up alive after his heirs had alread mourned (or not) and bitterly contested his or her estate. e.g., Pops, you're alive! Let's have a hug, you big beautiful obituous man! But first, could you clarify whether you really meant to leave everything to granny? I mean, was that fair? submitted by Dennis R. Ridley |
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obla - To like. e.g., Since Bob obla Sue, he is going to ask her out this Friday. submitted by leanne and megan |
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oblication - Vacation that you are obligated to go on. e.g., I took an oblication when I went to that in-law wedding last month. submitted by myke |
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oblieviate - Combination of obliterate and alleviate. To relieve a situation or problem by utterly destroying the source of said situation or problem. e.g., The flow of the river is severely constricted by that new beaver dam. Let's ask Clem if he can oblieviate the situation with a little dynamite. submitted by Dylon Whyte - (www) |
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obligatory riff - (n.) 1. the guitar (or drum or fiddle or piano or whatever) solo between verses 2 & 3 of nearly every song written in the past 75 years (and probably longer); 2. Any required break or pause (such as a ballet between acts in an opera or the segue between dinner and entertainment at a party) in a social gathering or activity; 3. Metaphorically, the wait at customs, the pause at a toll booth, or even the almost inevitable comic relief after a deeply dramatic (or traumatic) movie scene, or speeches at company parties. e.g., "I like drum solos, but not electric guitars for the obligatory riff." | "This is the part I hate: the wait between being pulled over and actually being confronted by the cop ... still, it's sort of an obligatory riff, isn't it?" submitted by Scott M. Ellsworth |
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obligatunity - An obligation presented as an opportunity. e.g., My boss gave me the obligatunity to lead our ISO 9000 standardization. submitted by Jeremy Elson |
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obligerated - That uneasy feeling you get when you think something's wrong, but you don't know what; feeling jumbled up inside. e.g., I felt so obligerated, as if I knew there was something she wasn't telling me. submitted by Nicole G |
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obliquious - Mixture of oblique + obsequious. Behavior often displayed by junior management types. Sucking up to their executive, while attempting not to look like a brown-nose to their colleagues. e.g., Chris's obliquious nature showed through as he simultaneously volunteered for all the special projects while moaning to colleagues about his existing workload. submitted by wnpxnff |
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obliterous - Inelegantly blotto. Obliterated. e.g., We had been drinking since sunrise and found ourselves too obliterous to function. submitted by pudders - (www) |
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