1. To walk.
2. To quit one's job or place of employment.
This is movie industry slang, originally found in Variety, the long-time trade magazine of the film business in Hollywood.
1) Let's ankle over to Mary's party.
2) He ankled his job after fighting with the director.
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Copying someone elses style, or just agreeing with what they say and believe to fit in.
What a jerk. Tom started wearing his hat backwards like John, just so he would like him. He is jumping John's train.
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a deliberate lie, a planned lie
His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie.
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A prostitute's term for a customer who takes his time, the opposite of a 78 , based on the slowest speed possible on a stereo turn-table.
'Kinky, but I like my sex the way I play basketball: one on one and with as little dribbling as possible.'
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an easy life, a pleasant place to work or stay
Who said that retirement is a bed of roses?
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In trouble; in a very uncomfortable situation.
'Hot seat' is American prison slang for the electric chair (a method of execution). The phrase 'in the hot seat' has come to refer to any kind of bad situation.
1) The analysts who promoted the dot-bomb stocks are now in the hot seat with the SEC.
2) Andrew was really in the hot seat after his girlfriend caught him lying to her.
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