giraffe-o's definitions

deck the halls

To imbibe copious alcoholic beverages as a way of dealing with Christmastime stresses.

"I'm so exhausted by Christmas shopping with my whiny kids, I just want to deck the halls with some eggnog and brandy the rest of the day."

by giraffe-o December 2, 2009

stupetetive

Repeating an action or series of actions in the same manner which has failed in the past, and not learning from any stupid mistakes.

Damn, they're making the same mistakes they made last year, that's just stupetetive.

by giraffe-o July 22, 2010

ham sandwich

slang in police lexicon, meaning an untainted handgun a corrupt cop will have ready to plant on a suspect they've shot. Prevalent in New Orleans culture, during the militant state in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (seen on PBS' Frontline)

My partner used to carry around a ham sandwich to pin on some poor fucker they might shoot down.

by giraffe-o August 26, 2010

webbleu

The REAL and ONLY term to use when describing the 'WWW' opening of many URLs.

The location to visit is 'webbleu' dot urban dictionary dot com

by giraffe-o July 9, 2006

newscandy

Insufficient morsels of news meted out by journalists of TV and radio. Often simply a headline and one paragraph's worth word-count, so that they can pile on as many little anecdotes as possible between traffic reports, witty banter, and advertisements, and repeat them every half hour for the short-attention span crowd.

Watching CNN Headline News is pretty much just getting newscandy.

by giraffe-o May 18, 2006

nemo

a joke or other informative nugget circulated ad nauseum via email, usually by someone unaware the recipients of their email have seen the entry many many times

named after the 'Found Nemo' parody image of the Pixar-Disney movie "Finding Nemo", in which the main fish character has been Photoshopped into a sushi platter

by giraffe-o September 26, 2005

tarantula pants

The unshorn parts of a woman's nether regions.

Ya see a chik with thick eyebrows, you know she's sportin the tarantula pants.

by giraffe-o February 4, 2007