date

Two people getting together for an activity when the possibility of romance between them has been broached but not ruled out. Since the exploration of romance is the purpose of a date, merely asking someone out on a date is sufficient to broach the subject. Dates may or not continue once a couple have entered into a romantic relationship. The word "date" may be used to identify a get together between two people not romantically involved, but this usage is meant to convey irony, since such a meeting is not a date in the true sense of the word.

Yeah, Mike and I went on a date last night. He's cute, but I'm not sure if I want to get involved with him or not.

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Fat lady

Taken from the saying "It ain't over until the fat lady sings," commonly attributed to ex-Yankee ballplayer Yogi Berra.

Presumably, the "fat lady" in question is a stereotyped opera singer, replete in Wagnerian Rhinemaden garb. Ironically enough, the "fat lady" was usually singing the United States National Anthem, the traditional way to START a baseball game.

Sure, we're behind by 300 points. But it ain't over until the fat lady sings.

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Smallbany

A pejorative nickname for the capital of New York State, Albany. So called because of its diminutive size, especially compared to New York City.

This spelling is preferred over smalbany, since it preserves the rhyme with 'small' and avoids the pronunciation AL-bany (which is, as far as most New Yorker's are concerned, a city in southern Georgia).

"So, you're from upstate? Where? Syracuse? Buffalo?"
"Ha, I wish! Nah, I grew up in Smallbany, where the only thing to do at night is drive to another city."

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packy

A diminutive form of the name Patrick, especially popular amongst residents of County Cork, Ireland.

"When Bob Hope was a boxer, he went by the name 'Packy East'."

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