Ain't Your Mama

A brand of pancake mix and syrup available at your local grocery store.

Gotta get some more of that "Ain't Your Mama" syrup - we're almost out!

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In for a penny, in for a pound!

An expression of 70's street culture that means that if you participate even slightly in something, you are fully involved in the consequences.

Frank: "Charlie got 5 years for that liquor store hold-up, and he was just the look-out!"

Sam: "Well, you know what they say, 'in for a penny, in for a pound!'"

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Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time.

A "hip" expression of the 1960's-70's that advises you not to do something risky unless you are willing and able to accept the full weight of the consequences.

Ironically popularized by the theme song to the TV show "Baretta" starring Robert Blake.

Fred: "I'm losing my license for drunk driving..."

Charlie: "Quit complaining! You know what they tell you: 'don't do the crime if you can't do the time!'"

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carry the stick

To suddenly be thrown out of one's living situation, to become homeless.

From the depression era and the hobo - based on the image of the hobo carrying his possessions tied in a bandanna at the end of a stick.

She can threaten to throw me out all she wants... I ain't gonna carry the stick 'cause of no woman!

needle freak

Drug world expression for a drug user who gets a thrill from just feeling a needle go into the body - even if no drugs are involved.

Comes from the Pavlovian stimulus/rsponse theory that after repeated use, the feel of the needle, followed by the rush of the drug will soon no longer require the drug to get the rush.

Man, that guy's a real needle freak - he can get off shooting water!

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man-chair

The one or two chairs placed outside the dressing rooms in women's clothing stores or department stores. They allow men to sit somewhere for the (sometimes long) periods of time that women sometimes take to select and try on clothes.

As I get older, I really lament the declining number of man-chairs in the stores at the Mall!

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Man-chair

The one or two chairs placed outside the dressing rooms in women's clothing stores or department stores. They allow men to sit somewhere for the (sometimes long) periods of time that women take to select and try on clothes.

As I get older, I really lament the declining number of man-chairs in the stores at the Mall!

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