Random
Source Code

elevated

alcohol intoxicated, drunk

He got way too elevated. He's lucky to be alive.

by The Return of LIght Joker February 22, 2009

4πŸ‘ 40πŸ‘Ž


Like The Wild Man of Borneo

The term is derived from an alternate epithet of an early California sideshow performer Oofty Goofty. The used of the epithet is a barely recognized example of the racial insensitivity that was prevalent at the time.

The term did not spread very far from it's home state.(The expression, Like The Wild Man of Borneo was probably used mostly in California.)

by The Return of LIght Joker February 18, 2008

22πŸ‘ 25πŸ‘Ž


bronco

a horse that is not trained to allow riding and and responds to riding in a dangerous and unpredictable manner (borrowed by cowboys from a Spanish word meaning rough or coarse)

The bronco threw the would be cowboy to the ground.

by The Return of LIght Joker November 4, 2008

52πŸ‘ 29πŸ‘Ž


kid gloves

figurative gloves that you put on to treat someone or something carefully.

Tom felt like his uncle was wearing kid gloves when he treated him and his girlfriend to dinner.

by The Return of LIght Joker February 11, 2009

41πŸ‘ 24πŸ‘Ž


walk-through


1. a rehearsal

2. a slow, careful explanation

3. to explain something slowly and carefully

We did a walk-through of the movie before collecting ideas.

by The Return of LIght Joker January 7, 2009

14πŸ‘ 5πŸ‘Ž


trank

1. a tranquilizer

2. to use tranquilizers

Don't uses that trank to deal with something like a bee.

by The Return of LIght Joker January 27, 2009

20πŸ‘ 22πŸ‘Ž


drink like a fish

to drink to excess

He was unaware of the danger that could come to him if he were to drink like a fish and as a result he almost succumbed to alcohol poisoning.

by The Return of LIght Joker April 3, 2009

46πŸ‘ 19πŸ‘Ž