a passe term that most folks would like to dispense with - bringing to mind smelly fish. A pretentious saying that only pundits and a-holes use.
He brought up the term "red herring" in a conversation and his entourage looked at one another like he had leprosy.
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A girl's excuse to not engage in intercourse because she feels as if she might be getting her red tide soon. This is the equivalent of the logical fallacy.
Yeah dude we ended up having sex even though she attempted to give me the "red herring" excuse.
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to use a condom during sexual intercourse, because the girls reputation exceeds her good looks.
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Fucked her better than her old man.
"I thugged her so good she left her nigga!"
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a clever way of typing "laters" in an IM to someone.
WutAbOuTDIgGa78: Take it ease
ExcarDONme913: Laid hers
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A term used to describe a guy/girl who you're going out with/fucking just to get over someone else you can't get.
Red herrings were often used to mislead hound dogs; the expression refers to something that is misleading.
Therefore - you try to convince yourself that you like someone (to mislead you/lead you away from the person you actually like), and call him/her your 'red herring'.
A: I'm so in love with him but he's dating someone :(
B: I'm so sorry :( what are you going to do?
A: I think I might go for Tony.
B: Tony? Why! Do you even like him?!
A: Nah, but he'll just be my red herring.
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A term used by people who want Hillary Clinton as the next United States President.
Jim: So you want Hillary?
Joe: Duh! I'm with her!
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