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shopaholich

A person perhaps with a personality disorder who goes shopping to find comfort.
Shopaholics have any number of maxed out credit cards and will sometimes buy things that they have no logical use for.
Many shopaholics eventually get into trouble for running up large debts which they are unable to pay off.
Joey: My sister went and bought four more pairs of shoes yesterday.

Jilly: But she already has about 120 pairs in her bedroom, This is more than mere retail therapy Joey, I think she may be a shopaholic.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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Spanner job

UK: Used to describe the fifty pence piece due to its seven sided design and its resembelence to a nut*.

*As in nut and bolt.
Customer: Barman! can I have change for the cig machine.
Barman: How much do y' need?
Customer: A couple of spanner jobs should sort it, ta!
by Blue Cawdrey November 21, 2004
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hang in there

Wait a little longer, help / relief is coming soon.
Shark Bite victim: Oh-myGawd! it's bitten both my frikin' legs off, SCREAM! help I am bleeding to death...

Lifeguard: Hang in there Stumpy... the paramedics are on their way!
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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Keyboard plaque

The dead skin and other gunk that builds up on a computer keyboards over time.
Euuuk! shake off that keyboard plaque someware else.
by Blue Cawdrey November 18, 2004
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dead as a doornail

Goes way past brain death, if your are dead as a doornail prepare to become a 'hotel for worms'.
Dodos perhaps are the only creatures with a similar lack of animation; see dead as the dodo.
On the morticians slab both Qusay and Uday were laid out cold, both dead as a doornail, they looked so peacfull that it made me really happy to see them lying there.
by Blue Cawdrey November 23, 2004
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shit itself

Technical term for frequent computer behaviour when running Microsoft Operating Systems, often accompanied by a blue screen or memory dump. Will often happen just before saving work or towards the end of a large download.
Usually remedied by liberal application of the three fingered salute.
Crap on crap! the MS box has shit itself again.
by Blue Cawdrey November 18, 2004
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Short arm inspection

The part of a medical inspection when the doctor asks the (male) inspectee to cough.
Get the platoon lined up in front of the medical officer for short arm inspection.
by Blue Cawdrey November 18, 2004
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