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1. A framing member, or kind of bracing, consisting of two pieces of dimensional lumber attached lengthwise but perpendicular, creating a very strong and rigid unit that can be used as a stud, or strut, or for various other structural purposes.
2. An alternative name for a hogstrough or strongback.
Take those two 1 bys and nail them together to make a sleed so we can build some new jacks to brace the back of the set.
1) To roll with your bros.
2) To adjourn to another location with one's friends.
2) To travel with, or (esp.) leave with, one's close male companions.
1) Hey, Louis has the nachos and Vicente has the beer, let's broll to Eddy's party.
2) Alright guys, we're done with this weak shit, time to broll to Eddy's party.
3) So then we brolled over to Eddy's place, with the bros, and it was awesome.
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1. A sandwich, consisting of a fried egg (over medium), avocado, mayonnaise and sriracha on white or sourdough bread; popular in Northern California.
2. The mythical inventor of the Edgar Norick Sandwich. It is unclear if there actually was a man named Edgar Norick, or if the sandwich is named for some word play. Some believe Norick was a Santa Cruz surfer, others believe he was a Humboldt County lumberjack, but most believe that he was the proprietor of a roadside Orange County farm stand in the 1940s.
Man that Edgar Norick Sandwich was bomb, so cream, rich and savory.
1) Pertaining to hipster subculture. Derived from previous uses of "collar" to describe class: blue-collar, white-collar, green-collar. Conotes the, perhaps, more mature subsection thereof.
2) Used to describe a class of professionals (after the fashion of white-collar, and blue-collar) who work in fields associated with information, creativity, social-media, etc.
3) Liberal arts majors who manage to get a job where they only wear ties if they feel like it, and with the top button undone.
Hipster 1, "Winston just got a job at the Huffpo as a social-media coordinator."
Hipster 2, "Totally, kewl, joining that plaid-collar workforce."
"Dude, I forgot my rooibos tea, at the new lunch-time yoga studio...man, I'm totally a plaid-collar worker."
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1) A form of change which cannot be characterized as either "progressive" or "regressive," yet still constitutes a definite change in state.
2) A word used in academia to mean "staying the same" while sounding smart.
3) Change which does not proceed in a direction along a some ladder or hierarchy, but stays within the same bracket, rung, or level, while still definitely changing. Characteristic of a range of changes that could move up or down a progression, but instead moves sideways.
1) "While in former times we believed society to either morally regress into meaner and more privative states, or to progress into ever loftier levels of development รขยย today we realize that the morals of civilization are largely isomorphic with those of previous societies and therefore we move only isogressively.
2) "Who I am today is neither better nor worse than who I was a year ago, my changes are only isogressive, and I have not progressed at all in life.
1) To have to to 'bite the bullet' and pay a large amount of money just to hang out with wealthier people.
2) To pay an exorbitant amount of money for a seemingly superfluous or luxury item due to social pressure.
3) To spend too much money on something because of the expectations of others.
Ex. 1 รขยย Dan and Sarah are getting married in fucking Napa where a hotel costs a billion dollars a night, guess we just have to bite the silver bullet.
Ex. 2 รขยย Andrew wanted to go to the fanciest restaurant, order a steak and wine, and the split the bill evenly, but he's my boss so I had to bite the silver bullet.
Ex. 3 รขยย The girl wanted to take a weekend flight to Paris for a mini-vacation, but she's so hot I just had to bite the silver bullet.
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1) Used to describe a class of professionals who work in fields associated with information, creativity, social-media, etc. Derived from previous uses of "collar," e.g. blue-collar, white-collar, green-collar.
2) Anyone who works in the hipster economy, e.g. artisanal products, crafts, art related fields, communication, information, and anything having to do with memes.
3) Liberal arts majors who manage to get a job where they only wear ties if they feel like it, and with the top button undone.
4) Liberal arts majors who work in traditionally blue-collar fields.
Ex. 1
Hipster 1: "Winston just got a job at the Huffpo as a social-media coordinator."
Hipster 2: "Totally kewl, joining that plaid-collar workforce."
Ex. 2
"Dude, I forgot my rooibos tea at the new lunch-time yoga studio--man, I'm totally a plaid-collar worker."
Ex. 3
"So what's Mondragon been doing with that English degree since he graduated from Columbia?"
"Oh, he's in Brooklyn, making chairs out of reclaimed wood. Suuuuuper plaid-collar worker."
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