going to the mattresses

Prepare for a battle or adopt a warlike stance.

In times of war or siege, Italian families would vacate their homes and rent apartments in safer areas. In order to protect themselves they would hire soldiers to sleep on the floor in shifts.

Ordinarily we would want to verify such stories before publishing them here as part of a phrase derivation. In this case though it isn't really important. The meaning of the phrase turns on the association in Italian folk-memory of mattresses with safety in wartime. The phrase wasn't well known outside of the USA and Italy prior to the Godfather movies. It was used there, and later in The Sopranos television series, to mean 'preparing for battle'. Whether or not the stories that originated it are true doesn't alter the fact that the screenwriters of those films used them in that context.

"That Sonny's runnin' wild. He's thinkin'a going to the mattresses already."

Mainly popularized by the film, "The Godfather."

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Going Dabo

When one denies reality entirely without the slightest pause or hesitation for real circumstance.

"I don't want to be Going Dabo here but we got beat 52-14 on our home field, however, if we played them 10 times we'd win five".

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Go To Bed

shut up. go home. get out. go away.
a remark used after a stupid statment.

Example 1.
*in class*
person 1: hey check my new belt out.
person 2: go to bedddd.

Example 2. henry

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Pokemon Go

Released in 2016

If you don't know what Pokemon Go is you must have been on an isolated island.

Pokemon go is sweeping the globe

People get hit by cars.

Friend: hey have you heard of Pokemon Go?
Me: yeah
Friend: how do u like it
Me: it's not a good game because someone jumped my fence. People get hit by cars

Friend: well do you play it
Me: no
Friend: wanna hang out??
Me: nope I've already made plans with my friend to play Pokemon go. We're heading downtown and I'm level 5. Catch ya later.
Me: runs off

Friend: allllllriiiiiiight errrrrrrrr

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go viral

"go viral" - used in reference to Internet content which can be passed through electronic mail and social networking sites (Facebook, etc.): an image, video, or link that spreads rapidly through a population by being frequently shared with a number of individuals has 'gone viral'.

In other words, a link goes viral because most of the people who get it forward it to their Friends list or post it in their online status. Strong political content, celebrity news, news of disasters, america's funniest home videos, and crude sexual humor are popular topics to go viral.

"Dude! There was this awesome clip of this rabbit fighting a freaking rattlesnake! And winning! Did you see it? It went viral last night on youTube."

"Look, our message is important. We have to put something together that's interesting, that people connect with. Something that will go viral the instant it hits the 'Net."

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Going ham

Ham stands for: hard as a motherf**ker. Therefore, this word is easily defined as "going hard as a motherf**ker". Every other definition I've seen on this website is definitely not right.

John: You know what I'm gonna do tonight?

Class: No, what??

John: I'm goin ham.

Jenny: What's going ham mean?

John: Ham means "hard as a motherf**ker". So goin ham means I'm gonna go hard as a motherf**ker.

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good to go

Meaning: Mission ready. Ready to proceed.
Applications: Often used in military by front line units. USMC.

MstSgt: "Squad leader! Are you good to go?"
SquadLeader: "My squad is in formation. We are good to go, Top!"

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