When you want some one to complete something or do something faster. Or to stress the fact it needs to be done/retrieved quickly.
D: You want a soda?
Q: Orange crush! Quick things tho! Quick Things.
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Whatever practice society considers normal. It's something that a lot of people do only because everyone else does it (even though they don't realise it).
Women in the 19th century had hairy legsβnot because they didn't have razors, but because it was the done thing.
Women in the 2000s have shaven legsβnot because it looks or feels better, but because it is the done thing.
Women in the 2000s wear thongsβnot because they are sexy, but because it is the done thing. If it was actually worn because it's sexy, it would have been done back in 1979.
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The intense desire to own a material object.
Man that new iPod... I've got total thing-lust.
Police say his life was so ruled by thing-lust that he starved to death in a house full of consumer electronics.
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term used by some Christians or other theists to describe seemingly communicative or serendipitous coincidences caused by divine intervention.
I totally think it's a God Thing.
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A statement to denote something strange or repulsive or unexpected that was just seen or brought up in conversation.
Guy 1: How was your day?
Guy 2: Pretty good, you?
*Group of naked older gentlemen run by*
Guy 2: So that's a thing
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A sports gambling term for a wager that the bettor has extreme confidence. Unfortunately, most people who really believe in the sure thing have gambling problems.
Bet the ranch on Indy covering vs. St. Louis. It's a sure thing.
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Used to describe something when you can't find a better way.
That car looks like a van type thing.
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