rip one

Marine slang ... 'to fart'

Did you rip one?!?

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potzrebie

Mad magazine equivalent of the computer programmer's foo, that is, a word which can be used to stand in for any other (as in, for example, fictitious brand names, etc.)

The label said to induce vomiting, so I applied the Potzrebie maneuver.

I'm sorry, Ms. Jones, we're going to have to charge you $500 dollars for this repair... your, uh, Potzrebie device was broken. Yeah.

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on blocks

Taken from the practice of leaving a car which has been thoroughly stripped up on concrete blocks. Something is said to be 'on blocks' when one comes back and finds it has been ransacked thoroughly.

I told you not to let anyone in--now my whole room's up on blocks!

Wait til Oscar gets back and finds his DVD collection up on blocks . . .

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hill of beans

In U.S. Marine jargon, comparative for something worthless when you can't say "isn't worth shit" or "isn't worth a rat's ass"

This equipment isn't worth a hill of beans, sir.

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eight ball

The problem person in the group, or one who stands out.

Well, we had a good turnout of volunteers--if you disregard that one 8-ball who smelled like a goat.

What the?!? Why do I get stuck dealing with all the 8-balls around here?

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hose job

Metaphorical term for fucking someone, or fucking them over. A metaphor for a metaphor!

My boss gave me Dave's project--that's a hose job if ever I heard of one.

Yeah, the vending machine don't work; someone poured salt water into it trying to hose job it into dropping all its change.

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jaheeyazussah

Correct pronunciation of the five letter word 'JESUS' by southern baptist evangelists. Properly introduced below. The final syllable is strongly under accented, almost as if the mouth had dropped open blankly after the final 's' sound.

I say, you are going to HAY-el, if you don't bu-LEAVE in ja-HEEya-zus(sah).

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