Urban Word of the Day

Hand me up

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Where the young generation in a family adopts and purchases new technology product at a fast rate, and old versions (that are in working order but are not up to current standards) of that technology product are given to the parents or older generations of family.

Commonly occurs multiple times on commodity technology gadgets, leaving your parents with many gadgets to play with.

Called 'hand me up' in contrast to 'hand me down'.

Computers: having purchased a new computer to replace my 'slow' computer, I have given it to my grandpa to use. Thus the computer is a 'hand me up'.

4OJ

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

4OJ is a slang abbreviation for the "4th of July".

We went to the lake to watch fireworks for the 4OJ.

joke poach

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

when a joke is said quietly to a friend and that friend repeats it loud enough for the entire room to laugh.

Joke poach:
teacher: belgium is the cockpit of europe, and im not talking about aeroplanes
student 1: (to friend) i dont think anyone was thinking about planes
friend: haha, (loud) MISS! i dont think anyone was thinking about planes!
Class:AHAHAHAHAHA
student 1: dude u totally poached my joke

running latte

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

showing up late to work because you stopped for coffee along the way.

I told them I got stuck in traffic, but really I was running latte.

mow the laundry

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Doing a load of laundry after allowing clothes to pile up on your bedroom floor for weeks.

"say Magdalene, suppose it's time to mow the laundry? I can't get your door open."

take a digger

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

1. Commonly used to describe an ungraceful fall.
2. Fall forward or trip and land on one's face
Derived from the volleyball slang- a Digshot is a desperation diving hit that results in a faceful of sand.

I wasn't paying attention and I took a digger when I tripped on the crack in the pavement. I can't believe I fell flat on my face.

hotness hypnosis

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

When act of finding someone so physically attractive that you overlook serious flaws in their personality.

Brad Pitt finally wakes from hotness hypnosis, starts to realize that Angelina is batshiat crazy.