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Care Package

Submitted by tigerincanada on November 18, 2007 - 11:30pm.
What question are you answering?:
To send (or receive) a care package.
How is it used?:
John got ten candy bars and a new toothbrush in his care package
What does it mean?:
A gift to someone who is way from home, for example at summer camp, serving in the military, or at college. Usually from parents or other close relatives, care packages often contain chocolate, candy or foods from home, and sometimes toiletries, letters, photographs and other keepsakes.
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Skunked (Beer)

Submitted by tigerincanada on November 18, 2007 - 11:24pm.
How is it used?:
This beer is skunked.
What does it mean?:
Skunked is a synonym of Lightstruck, which is the spoiling of beer due to exposure to light. When exposed to ultraviolet light from sunlight, compounds in beer break down into Thiols, similar chemicals to those found in a skunk's spray.
Trivia/fun facts:
This is the reason most beer bottles are made from dark glass, and that beer should be stored in a dark place.
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Do [your] bidding

Submitted by Visitor on August 29, 2007 - 7:09pm.
What question are you answering?:
do your bidding
How is it used?:
"I don't have to do your bidding, you know!" "Now that I have the UltraSuperJumbo Laser, I can make the world do my bidding!"
What does it mean?:
"To do someone's bidding" means to do as they say or to act out their will, whether you want to or not. In the movies, Igor is famous for doing Dr. Frankenstein's bidding.
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Drink [you] under the table

Submitted by Visitor on August 29, 2007 - 7:03pm.
What question are you answering?:
drink you under the table
How is it used?:
"I bet you 50 bucks I can drink you under the table!" "Can you believe she drank him under the table?!"
What does it mean?:
To match someone alcoholic drink for drink until one or the other is too drunk to stay upright.
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gesundheit

Submitted by MooseOnTheLoose on April 13, 2007 - 10:19pm.

Definition:
Good health.

Usage:
When someone sneezes, someone nearby may say gesundheit. It's the German equivalent of saying 'bless you.'

Kitbash

Submitted by Tigger on March 6, 2007 - 8:16pm.

Definition:
Kitbashing is the art of building a scale model by adapting parts from another model kit

Usage:
"Nobody makes one quite like it, so I kitbashed this."

make a federal case out of it

Submitted by WDTM Admin on November 19, 2006 - 2:08pm.

Definition:
To make a big deal out of something, whether or not it warrants it.

Usage:
"Geeze, all I did was forget to pick up the mail! Don't make a federal case out of it!"

the proof is in the pudding

Submitted by valery on August 9, 2006 - 1:29pm.

Definition:
This is a corruption of the original proverb: the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Usage:
The corrupted version has come to be used like so:
I guess the proof will be in the pudding on that.

Chet

Submitted by chet34 on July 19, 2006 - 10:34am.

Definition:
CHET : slow-witted ; one of "southern in-bred" IQ level ; seemingly dumb-witted.

Usage:
"nice call chet" or "don't be such a chet" or "if you weren't such a chet we would have thought of that already"

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mutta scutta

Submitted by Badutche on June 6, 2006 - 10:25pm.

Definition:
this is an endearing word to call a child. It can be used when the child does something wrong or can be used in an endearing way when they do something right or something good.
It is a word that is neutral.

Usage:
"Hey you mutta scutta, what are you up to". " You mutta scutta, don't do that again".
"com'on you mutta scutta, we have to go".

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