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A shell is the command processor interface. The command processor is the program that executes operating system commands. The shell, therefore, is the part of the command processor that accepts commands. After verifying that the commands are valid, the shell sends them to another part of the command processor to be executed.
When Windows failed to boot, I needed to use a DOS shell.
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The concluding exclamation in a conversation or argument whereby one person's fact, argument point or humiliating revelation will be proven untrue or ridiculous, rendering them in a state of embarrassment.
It can be also used as closure in an exchange of purposely misleading information solely to provoke gullibility.
The derivation comes from the phrase, having 'egg on your face' meaning to suffer embarrassment. Shell, would indicate ultimate embarrassment; having the egg AND the shell on your face, eventually being shortened to just Shell.
Also, Get your Shells, Get Your Shellings, Shellings and Shell on you.
The past tense would be Shelled or Shelled out.
This phrase is commonly used in South Manchester, UK
A - I had five pints last night.
B - No you didn't.
A - Yes I did.
B - John, how many pints did A have last night
John - Two
B (to A) - Hahaha! Shell.
A - Have you seen the moon tonight?
B - Yes, Professor, It's a Waxing Crescent
A - Hahaha! No it's not you fucking idiot. It's a Waning Gibbous. Shell!
A - There's your mum.
B - Where?
A - Over there, sucking your brother off. Shell
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slang for bullet, but this is actually incorrectly used. a shell is actually a high calibur bullet, usually from a shotgun.
"I been hit with a few shells, but I don't walk with a limp"
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Meaning the ammunition for a gun, another name for bullets.
Yo dawg, watch dem manz, dey da type to be poppin' shells at ya n shit.
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Extreme intoxication through alcohol consumption. Typically characterised by the inability to respond coherently to even simple questions. Derived from 'shell of a man'. One step up the scale of drunkenness from battered.
That was an excellent night. There was loads of beer and I pushed through battered to achieve shell.
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