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A wedge-shaped crust at the end of a loaf of manually sliced bread, so shaped because the person(s) who did the slicing had been cutting at an angle instead of straightly. These crusts are named after Oliver Cromwell, the ex Lord Protector of England; it was rumoured that he habitually mis-sliced his own loaves to produce them.
I'm so angry - I came in from work for a sandwich, and all we had in was a Cromwell's Crust and half a cucumber...
To leave one or more people behind somewhere, usually by hurrying away without their knowing. It can be deliberate or accidental.
Bill, Ben and Barry are in the Highcross shopping centre in Leicester. Bill and Ben start walking away from Barry, assuming he's following them. A few moments later, Barry catches them up. "Oi, don't scank me" he says.
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The linguistic disease, of American origin, that makes people habitually misuse the word "like". See the various entries here for "like" for more information on the symptoms.
Jack: How are you feeling today, Jill?
Jill: I'm, like, fine.
Jack: OMG! You're not fine - you've got Likemia!!
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A deadline that is expected to or has already moved. Proper deadlines are immovable because they're "dead"; movement betrays non-deadness, and because deadness is the defining feature of a proper deadline, its absence renders the line dud.
Greg: Right, I'm going down the pub.
Brad: But you haven't finished your coursework essay yet and the deadline's tomorrow morning!
Greg: Chill dude, that's actually a dudline.
Brad: You don't know that!
Greg: Sure I do. Just look at what happened the last two times.
Brad: Hmm, yeah, I suppose you're right.