Results for “boots the house down”

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bootsy
adjective

Oakland slang for lame, wack, beneath you.

#bay-area#oakland#hip-hop#insult
boots
adverb

Intensifier meaning 'extremely' — done exceptionally, all the way.

#drag#ballroom#lgbtq#rupaul
The House Down
phrase

An intensifier meaning 'completely' or 'to the max' — she served the house down.

#aave#lgbtq#drag#ballroom
shutdown
noun

Killing a fed enemy on a streak and claiming the bounty gold their lead has piled up.

#moba#league of legends#gold#bounty
downtime
noun

Dead air in a fight — the boss is untargetable and you can't deal damage.

#mmo#ffxiv#raid#dps
down-but-not-out
phrase

The revivable bleed-out state in squad BRs — DBNO.

#battle royale#dbno#squad play
Rushdown
noun

An in-your-face archetype that wins by smothering you with fast offense.

#fighting games#archetype#offense#fgc
slowdown
noun

Frame-rate drop when the screen's too packed — and shmup players love it.

#shmup#framerate#hardware
downdoot
verb

Cutesy version of downvote — the evil twin of updoot.

#reddit#voting#cutesy#internet
tumble down the sink
phrase

Cockney rhyming slang for a drink.

#cockney#london#drink#british
trap house
noun

A house used as a base for selling drugs.

#atlanta#hip-hop#trap#drugs
shotgun house
noun

Long narrow NOLA house with rooms in a straight line front to back.

#nola#architecture#southern#hip-hop
by my house
phrase

NOLA way of saying 'at my house,' calqued from French.

#nola#yat#dialect#southern
Uptown side / downtown side / lakeside / riverside
phrase

NOLA's cardinal directions — locals don't use N/S/E/W because the river bends.

#nola#geography#new-orleans#directions
down cellar
phrase

New England for 'in the basement' — said 'down sullah.'

#boston#new-england#regional#house
jailhouse lawyer
noun

An inmate who plays legal advisor — qualifications optional.

#prison#legal#us#inmate
Hammer down
phrase

Floor it — pedal to the metal, full speed.

#trucker#cb-radio#1970s#driving
Down round
noun

A funding round priced below the last one.

#finance#venture-capital#startups#vc
house mom
phrase

The dressing-room manager who looks after the dancers.

#sex-work#stripping#club#staff
house fee
phrase

The flat fee a dancer pays the club just to work her shift.

#sex-work#stripping#club#fees
DMCA takedown
noun

Legal notice creators file to scrub leaked content off pirate sites.

#sex-work#onlyfans#creator#legal
upside down
phrase

Drink built with the layering order reversed.

#coffee#retail#barista#starbucks
house
noun

A chosen-family crew in ballroom culture, led by a mother and/or father, that competes together at balls.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#chosen-family
House of LaBeija
noun

The first ballroom house, founded by Crystal and Lottie LaBeija after racism shut Black queens out of white drag pageants.

#ballroom#houses#lgbtq#harlem
House of Xtravaganza
noun

The legendary all-Latino ballroom house, founded 1982 by Hector Valle and led to glory by mother Angie Xtravaganza.

#ballroom#houses#lgbtq#latino
House of Ninja
noun

The multiracial ballroom house founded in 1982 by Willi Ninja, the Godfather of Vogue.

#ballroom#houses#vogue#lgbtq
house mother
noun

The experienced leader who heads a ballroom house and mentors its children.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#houses
house father
noun

The male-presenting leader of a ballroom house, counterpart to the house mother.

#ballroom#drag#lgbtq#houses
father / house father
noun

The seasoned leader of a ballroom house who guides and protects its members.

#ballroom#lgbtq#house#chosen-family
children / house children
noun

The mentored members of a ballroom house, parented by its mother and father.

#ballroom#lgbtq#house#chosen-family
cuppa tea and a lie down
phrase

What you need after a shock.

#australian#aussie#idiom#humour
down under
phrase

Australia (and NZ).

#australian#aussie#identity#geography
like a house on fire
phrase

Getting along extremely well.

#australian#aussie#idiom#relationships
bogged down
phrase

stuck or overwhelmed

#australian#aussie#state#idiom
gumboots
noun

Rubber wellington boots

#australian#aussie#clothing#footwear
shell down
verb

To thrill the crowd; to 'kill' the show

#caribbean#patois#dancehall
chant down
verb

To denounce / bring down through song

#caribbean#patois#rasta#music
rundown
noun

Food cooked down in coconut milk

#caribbean#patois#food
lick down
verb

To knock over or hit, especially by a vehicle.

#caribbean#patois#action#accident
wine-down
phrase

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#caribbean#patois#removed