Expression USED Frequently BY Some People
Expression used to describe how poorly a garment fits to the body of the person wearing it.
"What do you think of my dress?" "Sorry but it fits like a gunny sack."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Some People
Expression used to describe how poorly a garment fits to the body of the person wearing it.
"What do you think of my dress?" "Sorry but it fits like a gunny sack."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
It is a standard and frequently used way to say that something fits extremely well.
"That's a beautiful jacket and it fits him like a glove."
Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone
To lime means to hang out.
"We were liming at the mall yesterday."
Submitted December 2020 by ttchatterbox
English dialect
East Anglia and Essex,
England
Word USED On Occasion BY Most People
Shanny means scatter-brained or foolish. It is equivalent to 'duzzy' and 'diddy', other Norfolk dialect words meaning silly or foolish.
"That new friend o' yarn, she be a shanny sort of flart."
"Your new friend is a scatter-brained fool."
Submitted November 2020 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
A response to someone who is stating the obvious. It refers to the famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
"The sky is blue" "No shit, Sherlock!"
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everybody
When someone discovers or creates something that already exists. Most often used when someone is wasting significant time or effort to create the thing in question.
"School committees should seek to improve upon existing methods, not reinvent the wheel every time they develop a new curriculum."
English
Midwest,
United States
Expression USED On Occasion BY Most People
“Bread and butter” means someone’s livelihood or how they make a living. It’s always used together, in this order, and as a singular noun.
“Tourism is the bread and butter of many island countries.” “Did you grow up on a farm?” “Yeah, it was our bread and butter.”
Trinidadian Creole English
Trinidad and Tobago
Expression USED Very frequently BY Everybody
This expression is used in an exclamatory way, as a form of praise for delicious food.
"Dis food rel lash boy!"
"Man, this food is so, so good!"
Slang USED On Occasion BY Some People
A colloquial and joking way to refer to COVID-19.
“Don’t forget your mask or else Miss. Rona will get you”
Expression USED On Occasion BY Young People
(n.) • A positive, descriptive term for a person that is wholesome (ie kind, helpful, goes out of their way to support others, honest, perhaps sometimes a little naive or innocent). Rarely said to the person in question’s face but about them to others. Common in manga reader forums.
"I saw Christopher helping an old lady across the road this morning." "Aw Christopher is such a cinnamon roll!"
Standard Phrase USED Very frequently BY Young People
It's a commonly used phrase that describes innocent statements into an explicit one.
"I want you to think about it long and hard." "That's what she said." - The Office
Expression USED On Occasion BY Adults
It’s an abbreviation of the phrase “I haven’t (got) a clue in the foggiest”. When you really have no idea why something has happened or the answer to a question. Saying “not a foggy one” can be used depending on the individuals choice of changing the original phrase, but it is always understood by other Brits when used.
“Do you remember which bus stop we’re supposed to get off at?” “Not a foggy one, mate. I’m just following everyone else!”
English
South East,
United States
Expression USED Frequently BY Mostly women in the Southern USA
To someone from outside it sounds like a compliment but it is really a polite way to say “you’re an idiot”. Can also be used at the end of a rude sentence to try to end the sentence on a “positive” note.
“Someone called saying I won a cruise and all I have to do is give them my bank information! Time for a trip!” “Oh honey, bless your heart”.
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
Used sarcastically when someone points out the obvious. Can be used in jest between friends or scathingly sarcastic as an insult.
“The sign says “pull” the door open.” “Thanks, Captain Obvious!”
English
Midwest,
United States
Interjection USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(interj.) • Interjection used to indicate surprise and/or mild disappointment. Frequently followed by the word “well.”
“Ope, well, guess we can’t see the movie anymore” *gets bumped into by someone* “ope, watch yourself!“ “Ope, well, then I guess I don’t know, then”
English
England,
United Kingdom
the pot calling the kettle black
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
Criticizing something that you yourself are guilty of.
"He said my dog was ugly but his own is so inbred it can hardly breathe!" "Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!"
Slang USED On Occasion BY Some People
(adj.) • severely damaged or very drunk
"After that wreck, his car was completely munted." "He's too munted to speak!"
English
| Australian English
Australia
Slang USED In the past BY Teens
Used to describe the state of being by yourself, not knowing anyone.
"Chemistry would be so much better if I weren't Nigel."
Submitted October 2020 by meatpieofdoom
Slang USED On Occasion BY Young People
Refers to someone who is a loner. Someone who has no friends.
"Please hurry up! I'm all on my Larry"
