throw my hat

To throw one's hat in (as "in the ring") is to:
1) to challenge or contend for something.

2) nominate someone or oneself for something. To volunteer.

A boxing metaphor that originated in the early 19th century when one who wished to challenge a boxer would throw his hat into the ring as a way of having your challenge noticed in a crowded ring.

In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt, who was an advid boxer, was the first presidential candidate to use "throw my hat in the ring" to announce his run at the U.S. presidency.

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it might have been

The saddest words of tongue and pen...

"For of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these:
'It might have been!'" -- John Greenleaf, Maud Muller, 1856

Now go look it up, bitches.

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tweetfreak

Reminiscent of a speed freak (aka: the tweeker) it is one who's OCD about memorializing everything they do at any given moment on Twitter; that is, one who tweets incessantly, constantly and/or needlessly.

(phone rings)
Candy: Hello?

Sam: Hey, babe! It's me. Just callin' to see what you're doing tonight. Wanna go out?

Candy: Wait a sec...(tweets this call)...check me out on Twitter. I just twatted you (giggles).

Sam: Uhhh...I'm driving right now...I'm not at a computer.

Candy: Oh that's ok. Check it out when you get home. Seeya (CLICK).

Sam: What the f...?! I gotta dump that Goddamn, tweetfreak!

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legendary

Intensifier added to any word to take it's meaning to its highest power imaginable.

Win: Legendary win

Fail: Legendary fail

Kill: Legendary kill

Awesomeness: Legendary awesomeness

The Dude: The Legendary Dude

Dog's balls: Legendary Dog's balls

Weed: Legendary weed

pwned: Legendary pwned

Sex: Lengendary sex

Get it?

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toll drafting

The act of quickly following a paying driver through a toll station before the cross member falls thus blocking your otherwise mad escape OR tailgating someone very closely through an EZ Pass lane with the same intent. This tactic can also be employed with great success exiting parking decks.

Thanks to my toll drafting skills I save over $350 dollars in tolls this year while only being hit with 2 fines worth $60 and making good time the EZ Pass lane to boot.

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eyeball test

To scan over something or someone quickly; to measure without using any tools other than the naked eye; guessing; approximating. A term often used in sports scouting to see if a player or team passes muster without looking at any metrics.

We passed on that short receiver because he didn't pass the ball test.

I know that actress just walked in off the street, but but she passes my eyeball test. Get her signed and to the studio pronto!

I left a blind date before I even sat down. She didn't pass my eyeball test.

That presentation needs to be reformatted to read better. Its simply doesn't pass an eyeball test.

Tomlining

Illegally or unethically obstructing someone from achieving their goal either by physically or figuratively getting in their way.

Synonyms: cock blocking, torpedoing, sniping

Mike Tomlin, coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, stood too far over on the sidelines and prevented a player from the Baltimore Ravens from making a touchdown that would've put the game away thereby creating the act of Tomlining

One of my co-workers tomlined me by bad mouthing me to my boss just when I was about about to get promoted.

Kanye West tried to tomlin Taylor Swift at the Grammys.

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