Harvard Time

Seven minutes later than real time. A comment on how classes at Harvard start 7 minutes after they are listed (example: at 10:07 instead of at 10:00) to allow time for students who must cross the campus from one class to another.

TF: Tim, you're late for section.
Tim: But it's only 4:02? Come on, what about Harvard Time?

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bodge

verb, with the literal meaning "to put a square peg in a round hole." This is referring to a scene from Apollo 13. Generally, to bodge is to repair hastily and without care of durability or aesthetics or perfection. Popularized in British television show "Scrapheap Challenge," known as "Junkyard Wars" in the US, and by producer Cathy Rodgers.

Your task is to bodge together a hovercraft from nothing but twisted metal, scrapped cars, and other assorted bits of rubbish!

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shooting fish in a barrel

n. Expression referring to something that is easy and unchallenging, often used when describing a hunt or destroying an enemy.

Playing this game is easy! it's like shooting fish in a barrel!

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auto de fe

It's something that you shouldn't do, but you do anyway!

"Hey Torquemada, whaddaya say?"
"I just got back from the auto de fe!"
-quoted from Mel Brook's History of the World Part I

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skimpy

Australian Slang: A female bartender who takes her clothes off if she collects enough in tips. Common in the city of Kalgoorlie.

It’s this diverse mix of customers who have all had a beer with a skimpy that makes the Kalgoorlie skimpy scene so unique, according to Wild West Saloon Bar manager and former skimpy Nicky who first came to Kalgoorlie to work five years ago during her university holidays. - The Kalgoorlie Miner

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clubbing baby seals

synonymous with "shooting fish in a barrel," relating to doing a task, often involving hunting or destroying an enemy, that is painfully easy.

Should not be used due to the inherent image of animal cruelty. Stick to the fish and barrel.

Shooting down enemy planes from an F-22 Raptor is like clubbing baby seals. It's that easy.

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no-tell motel

A motel meant for having sex in. Check in, make out, check out again after a few hours. term "no-tell" comes from anonymity requested with such events. The motel won't say what goes on in it's rooms, but it's assumed to be sex.

Wanna check into a no-tell motel? Cheap hourly rates!

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