sibling

A child born of your mother's womb who is used as a unit of comparison in the family.

Mom: (Chiding) "Your brother sent me flowers for my birthday. Why can't you be more like him?"

Steve: "Ah, Mom! Can I help it if my sibling has more money to waste than me?"

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southern slam

A deliberate insult said to a person's face by a Southerner who is thought to be giving high praise, but is in fact thoroughly insulting the person. The slam is said in a heavy Southern drawl so as to fool the person into thinking you are stupid.

Example 1:

Upon seeing a woman approach wearing a hideous dress:

Southern Slammer: "Where eva did you get that dress? I simply must know. It takes my breath away!

Loosely translated: "That is the fugliest dress I have ever seen. I want to know where you got it so I can avoid that store like the plague!"

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sermon

A boring-like speech given for an extended period of time by a so-called expert in his field for the sole purpose of teaching the audience a subject or valuable lesson.

Sermons are often delivered to the audience by total hypocrites, so please tread with caution.

Examples include:

1. Church sermons by a priest/pastor/preacher

2. Commencement addresses at graduation ceremonies

3. Parents to their children whenever they do something the parents used to do that they now feel is wrong

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Yankton

A small town in southeast South Dakota whose claim to fame includes the following:

1. Home to Tom Brokaw, former anchor of the NBC Nightly News.

2. Football player Lyle Alzado attended Yankton College there.

3. Convicted murder of Wild Bill Hickok, Jack McCall, is buried there.

Employee: You live in Yankton?

Co-worker: (Smiling) Yep!

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biracial

Neither 100% of this race nor 100% of that race. Basically the cause of much confusion when filling out application forms that require one to check a single box about their racial makeup.

A biracial (or multiracial) check box should be added to every application form - because this is the real world and very few people are 100% of any particular race (unless they inbreed - yuck!)

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signing off

A term to describe the act of leaving an area, or agreeing with a project.

Contributor "Loxi" is permanently signing off from the Urban Dictionary today so she can concentrate on delivering her special brand of humor to the unsuspecting spouse, kids, and people in the neighborhood - and to allow other dictionary contributors to have their say.

Long may Urban Dictionary reign!

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salary

Money paid to an employee for regular work performed that is supposed to reflect the true value of the employee to the company, but more often resembles a bad joke.

My salary is laughable.

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