The crook in your wrist made when you flex your thumb. It allows for a secure place for crack-heads and whack ass bitches to do a line on the fly.
Ellee: Aye you want a line?
Richard: Yeah but I'm not doing one of your crusty butt cheeks, I just take it off the hobo shelf.
Someone who is not quite an alchoholic. A person that drinks daily but has yet to start buying bottom shelf liquor.
Hey you wanna split a liter of Evan Williams? No man your a shelf up I worry about you sometimes.
The area around someone’s neck, below the collar bone area but above the chest. Often popular with most foreplay scenarios.
“I was hookin up with this girl from the county fair last night and when it got frisky I realized her sugar shelf smelled like mustard”
An attractive individual whom you can show off proudly, aka "put them on a shelf" and display them.
Similar terms include 'arm candy' and 'trophy husband/wife'.
"Damn our new coworker is hot."
"Yeah, that's some prime shelf material right there."
When you go out drinking and get so wasted that you awake from your drinking coma days later.
Can also mean you are only drinking top shelf liquor to get wasted at a bar/club.
"Awwww man last week I got top shelf wasted in Tuesday.... Woke up Friday with no flow."
Some dude who is bi with no game whatsoever but becomes infatuated with some chick who is already taken ( in a relationship or Married) but tries to play it off like he’s the “Gay Friend” and harmless. Dudes a looser and just acting to be always there as a shoulder to cry on, etc. so he can be in her ear like... you should leave him.
Her: Omg!? I just got in a fight with Brandon (boyfriend) He’s such a dick. I’m going to hang out with Chris at the mall.
Her friend: stop hanging with that dude he’s such an ikea shelf builder, plus isn’t he gay?! Why is he so infatuated with you?
to sleep with all the men available
Girl, I wanted a man but you clearing the shelf.