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TriplePurple
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  November 2023     2 hours ago

Latest Entries: 197 total

gettin' jiggy wit itshort for "getting jiggy with it"; to get excitedly energetic while dancingadded
12 hours ago
fake it 'til you make it(it's ok to) pretend until you get there (make it real)added
12 hours ago
put outWhen someone is feels "put out". It means they did something they didn't want to do and now they feel "put out" about it...like being taken advantage of after they did it (begrudgingly).added
13 hours ago
stranger things have happenedusually said when discussing something strange or asking if something is strangeadded
14 hours ago
eeny meeny miney moe(short version) a way of choosing someone or something by counting off items one by one until the last word falls on a person or item to the full rhyme which is: eeny meany miney moe catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him go eeny meeny miney moe Whichever item falls on the last word "moe" that's the one that is chosen, for example to be "it" to start a game or to choose sides for teams. There are only four words per line that count. The last line "eeny meeny money moe" was later replaced by My mother said to pick the very best one and you are not it" (all words count for one as each person (item) is tapped.added
15 hours ago
e.t. phone homefamous line from the movie E.T. (Extra Terrestrial)added
16 hours ago
little engine that could (the)a reference to a children's story about an engine that tried even when he didn't think he could succeedadded
16 hours ago
pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over againdon't quit. keep tryingadded
17 hours ago
if at first you don't succeed, try try againdon't quit, keep tryingadded
17 hours ago
if you fail to plan, you are planning to failThis phrase means exactly what it says. If you don't plan, you are likely to fail.added
17 hours ago

Latest Comments: 2 total

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I'm not sure how much it's really an affectionate term. It's not a particularly flattering thing to say, but it probably depends on how the significant other feels about it

2 months ago

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What's the correct spelling of this? I always heard it pronounced like "Puddin' Tame. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same." Maybe Pud and Tame? Pood and tame? Pudding tame? Puddin Tame? 

5 months ago

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