Sideways Victory

A “sideways victory” is an expression that describes an accomplishment that the popular opinion may not fully recognize, but an accomplishment which those who can adjust their perspectives may see the value in. Imagine; the letter V sideways may look like < , > , ^ , or even another angle. In order to see it in the upright position, you must either turn your head or the screen/paper you are reading on.

Similarly, in life, some circumstances or wins may not seem desirable or victorious from one perspective, but upon shifting your mindset, you may begin to see the victory in the circumstance or win. A sideways victory is a situation that you may not originally be able to see the good in, but after some thought or a shift in perspective, begin to notice the positive in.

When the pizza delivery arrived, Kelly noticed that they had gotten the toppings wrong.

“We ordered chicken and bacon. This is sausage and bacon… What’s up with that pizza place?” Kelly said to her roommate Winona, who had ordered the pizza. Kelly was upset at first that their order wasn’t delivered correctly.

“They were out of chicken when I ordered, so I asked for sausage instead.” Said Winona. “It’s not exactly what we wanted, but they gave us some coupons for a free pizza next time and some free cheesy bread sticks.”

“That’s kind of nice I guess. Sausage isn’t so bad and next time we’ll get the chicken for free. I like cheesy bread. A sideways victory.” Said Kelly.

After thinking about it, Kelly decided that the sausage and bacon pizza was still good despite being different from what she expected, and that the coupons and free bread were enough to make up for the pizza place’s lack of chicken. It was a sideways victory, but a victory nonetheless.

Pour Us Up

To pour alcoholic beverages for yourself and your friend/friends.

"Okay. Pour us some vodka and then I gotta go. Thanks for the dressing, and the popsicles and the... being here."

Carolyn wiped her eyes. "Any time. Sorry I called you names."

"We fought. I'm sorry too." I opened my arms to see if she wanted a hug, but she shook her head no and wiped her eye again. "I'm fine." She said.

"Okay, then pour us up."

hiss and bite it

An innuendo or command, “hiss” referring to the hissing sound that comes out of one’s mouth during an attempt to keep quiet during intimacy, “bite it”referring to biting down on something for the same reason, so as to be satisfied stealthily or without being overheard; to keep quiet during climax. Does not have to be used exclusively in sexual situations, can also be used as a cheeky clap back. Another meaning is to tell a liar to die, “hiss” referring to a snake and “bite it” referring to big one, or dying.

Primary Meaning: climax quietly, a hushed fucking, a quiet little death

Alternate Meanings: hush, pipe down, be quiet, bite your tongue, piss off, get fucked, get wrecked, grin and bear it, tough, get through something intense without making any noise, quit playing, to tell a liar to stop lying and die, a quiet big death

Alternate Spellings/Variations: hiss, hissing, hissed, bite it, bite this

I successfully snuck my girlfriend in last night, but had to hiss and bite it so we wouldn’t get caught.

The fifth time Jackson complained to me about his flat soda, I told him hiss and bite it or order a new one.

My husband was getting noisy as he reached his limit. I handed him a corner of the blanket. “Hiss, babe. Bite this.” I whispered, not wanting to be busted by his parents during our Thanksgiving visit.

“Give me top.” Tyler said as we kissed in the empty public restroom. I smirked. “Hiss and bite it then. It echoes in here and I’ll stop if you’re loud.”

“Your shirt looks odd, Amethyst. You can’t possibly be wearing that to the club.” Said Beth. “Oh bite it, Beth. It’s supposed to go like this.” Replied Amethyst.

I passed my roommate’s room on my way to make some coffee and heard what sounded like snake. I decided to go to Starbucks and give them some privacy instead of listening to them hiss and bite it.

When I fell off of my bike, I heard a cracking in my leg. I screamed in agony as my friends drove me to the ER. “I can’t take this pain!” I cried. Jenifer kept it real with me. “You’re gonna have to hiss and bite it ‘til we get to the hospital.”

“Ah-sss, ah-sss…” Derek hissed as he finished.

“Ah-sss, ah-sss is all I heard.” - lyrics from “Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince and The Revolution