Results for “Tail End Charlie”

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Tail-end Charlie
phrase

Rear gunner in a WWII bomber — the most exposed crewman on the aircraft.

#military#raf#wwii#bomber-command
tail
noun

The back, upturned end you pop for ollies.

#skater#surf#hardware#anatomy
tailor-made
noun

A factory-made (shop-bought) cigarette.

#prison#criminal#tobacco#luxury
tailwinds
noun

Favourable forces speeding progress up.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
tailslide
noun

Sliding on the underside of the tail along a ledge.

#skater#surf#trick#slide
tailwhip
noun

Kicking the frame a full revolution around the head tube while the rider stays put.

#skater#surf#bmx#trick
tailtap
noun

Landing on a ramp's deck on just the back tire while holding the brakes.

#skater#surf#bmx#trick
extend
noun

An extra life — earned by hitting a score threshold or clearing a task.

#shmup#lives#scoring
skinny legend
phrase

Highest-tier stan compliment for someone iconic.

#stan-twitter#compliment#fandom#ironic
tendies
noun

Trading profits, imagined as a reward of chicken tenders.

#wallstreetbets#trading#reddit#meme
my wife's boyfriend
phrase

WSB self-deprecating bit casting yourself as the cuck loser-husband.

#wallstreetbets#crypto#trading#meme
bendigedig
adjective

Welsh for wonderful, marvellous, brilliant — the North's preferred word over 'lush'.

#welsh#north-wales#wales#praise
Endz
noun

Your neighbourhood — your block, your zone.

#uk-drill#nyc-drill#hip-hop#neighborhood
Kuykendahl
proper noun

North Houston street whose 'Kirk-en-doll' pronunciation outs you as local or tourist.

#houston#texas#geography#shibboleth
Charlie Foxtrot
noun

Phonetic-alphabet code for a cluster fuck — a total disaster.

#military#nato-alphabet#euphemism#slang
public pretender
noun

Mocking nickname for a public defender seen as useless.

#prison#legal#us#slang
horrendoma
noun

Horrendous + -oma — the spectacularly grim case nobody wants.

#medical#hospital#residency#mock-latin
Bobtail
noun, verb

A semi-truck driving with no trailer attached — just the tractor unit on its own.

#trucker#cb-radio#semi#logistics
Pigtail
noun

A short jumper wire used to connect a device to a circuit without breaking the run.

#construction#electrical#wiring#trades
happy ending 18+
phrase

Mature content — open to view.

#sex-work#massage-parlour#euphemism
Splenda daddy
noun

Wannabe sugar daddy who can't actually afford a sugar baby.

#sex-work#sugar-dating#pejorative
double blended
phrase

Frappuccino sent through the blender twice.

#coffee#retail#barista#starbucks
tender
noun

A big rolling water tank for fires where there are no hydrants.

#firefighter#fire service#rural#apparatus
legendary
adjective

Ballroom status earned after roughly a decade of winning category trophies.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#status
this is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race
phrase

The reminder that you came to compete, not to make friends.

#drag#rupaul#competition#lgbtq
friend of Dorothy
phrase

Mid-20th-century coded phrase for a gay man.

#lgbtq#polari#gay#history
lavender menace
noun phrase

1970 slur for lesbians in feminism, flipped into a battle cry within a year.

#lesbian#feminism#lgbtq#history
servo attendant
noun

A petrol-station worker.

#australian#aussie#work#driving
ends up
phrase

Coo yah — look here / check this out

#caribbean#patois#expression#exclamation
weekend warrior
noun

Someone who only trains hard on weekends.

#gym#fitness#people#consistency
pendejo 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#spanish#spanglish#latino#insult
ay bendito
interjection

Aww, poor thing / oh my goodness (PR)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#sympathy
almendrón
noun

A vintage American car used as a taxi (Cuba)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
pendiente
phrase

Stay alert / keep an eye out (PR)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#everyday
la jodienda 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#spanish#spanglish#latino#fun
tremendo
adjective

Huge / one heck of a — intensifier (Caribbean)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#intensifier
mete tremenda muela
phrase

He talks a mile a minute (Cuba)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#talk
me comprendes méndez
phrase

You get me? (rhyming 'understand?').

#spanish#spanglish#latino#chicano
Uncle Charlie
noun

A curveball.

#sports#pitching#curveball
end-to-end
adjective

An open, frantic game with chances at both ends.

#sports#commentary#match#british