When somebody tries to use their race or place of origin to gain an advantage over a person or situation.
The Meat Sheik played the race card when a reporter from the ABC T.V Show 'Chasers' confronted him at the airport with masking tape.
Chasers Reporter: Will you say more nasty things about the people of Australia when your in a mosque overseas?
Meat Sheik: You racist! You racist! You racist!
Chasers Reporter: Here is some masking tape for your mouth.
Meat Sheik: Racist! Racist! Racist!
Generating an excuse based on a a diabetes side-effect. The use of a diabetic card can (with varying degrees of success) cause a dropping of the original subject... often due to the other person's discomfort with the subject.
It is one of the few perks of a incurable disease which requires painful medical treatments multiple times daily and can shorten your lifespan by 15 years, cause blindness, kidney failure, liver problems, extensive nerve damage, and other terminal health problems. The truth of the "diabetic card" may vary, as with other excuses.
Professor/Teacher/Employer: "Why were you late this morning?"
Diabetes Card: "My blood sugar was 350 mg/dl last night, and I was unable to go to bed until well past 3 AM."
Professor/Teacher/Employer: "Ah... well, look out for yourself."
A metaphorical card that one loses upon engaging in sexual intercourse in the library.
Kate took John's library card in the stacks last night!
When someone accuses you for being homophobic with a bad reason to do so.
"Some yaoi fangirls play the Homophobic Card on me when I don't like their yaoi paring."
A piece of paper your school gives you, thinking you are going to have your parents sign it. Normally contains the letter "F" or "E" followed by comments from your teachers on how bad of a student you are.
Just got my report card, looked at it, all Fs, took to the teacher like: Throw some Ds on the bitch!
- Soulja Boy Tellem
a skilled card player (no longer is the word necessarily pejorative)
A card shark was strutting his stuff at the other table.
a credit-card sized piece of plastic that is inherently worthless. almost all companies in existence have these rewards cards. they are designed to build customer loyalty, but actually only build customer frustration.
employee: "do you have your rewards card?"
customer: "i don't have a rewards card."
employee: "let's get you signed up!"
customer: "what will it get me?"
employee: "it's a great program."
customer: "but what will it get me?"
employee: "um... it's a great program..."
customer: "i know, you said that. what will the rewards card get me?"
employee: "nothing, really, but my boss makes me ask..."
customer: "..."