Results for “Lord willing and the creek don't rise”

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if the creek don't rise
phrase

Barring unforeseen trouble.

#american#regional#plans#qualifier
don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya
phrase

A pointed way of saying "get out."

#american#regional#dismissal#idiom
Hi-rise
noun

The elevated stretch of I-10 arching over the Industrial Canal — a NOLA landmark.

#nola#geography#new-orleans#landmark
so don't I
phrase

Paradox Boston-speak for 'so do I' — somehow agreeing by negating.

#boston#new-england#regional#grammar
don't count your chickens before they hatch
phrase

Don't rely on what hasn't happened yet.

#american#regional#proverb#caution
don't have a lick of sense
phrase

Has no common sense whatsoever.

#american#regional#insult#idiom
don't have a pot to pee in
phrase

Utterly broke.

#american#regional#poor#idiom
don't poke the bear
phrase

Don't provoke someone easily angered.

#american#regional#warning#idiom
Edgelord
noun

Someone who posts deliberately shocking, dark, or offensive content to seem edgy and provoke reactions.

#internet#meme#gen-z#gaming
play stupid games, win stupid prizes
phrase

If you go looking for trouble, don't act surprised when you find it.

#reddit#phrase#karma#consequences
anti-eco
noun

Playing it safe against a broke enemy so you don't gift them free guns.

#csgo#fps#economy#tactical
autos
noun (plural)

Your basic attacks, the free swings that don't cost mana.

#moba#combat#attacks#fundamentals
slime climb
noun

The Fall Guys obstacle round you scramble up while elimination slime rises beneath you.

#fall guys#battle royale#obstacle#survival
Sourspot
noun, verb

The weak part of a move's hitbox — the one you don't want to hit with.

#fgc#smash bros#hitbox
abow
interjection

Exclamation of surprise — Swedish-suburb slang gone global.

#tiktok#swedish#reaction#interjection
locals
noun

Derogatory stan-Twitter term for normie mainstream users who don't get fandom culture.

#stan-twitter#fandom#gatekeeping#derogatory
landchad
noun

Ironic glow-up of the landlord archetype as an alpha 'Chad' figure.

#reddit#memes#landlords#irony
rentoid
noun

Sneering landlord-side label for tenants — a renter reduced to a humanoid pest.

#reddit#memes#landlords#irony
swerve
verb

To dodge something — a plan, a person, a pint you don't want.

#scouse#liverpool#avoid#british
gambol
noun

A forward roll — Brummie kids don't do somersaults, they do gambols.

#brummie#birmingham#british#dialect
rocks
noun

Boiled sweets — the hard, suck-don't-chew kind.

#brummie#birmingham#british#food
barm
noun

A bread roll. Don't call it a bap.

#mancunian#manchester#british#food
Duke of Kent
noun

Rent — the money you owe the landlord.

#cockney#london#rhyming-slang#british
sleekit
adjective

Sly, sneaky, smooth-talking — the kind you don't turn your back on.

#scottish#insult#scotland#scots
jings, crivens, help ma boab
phrase

Classic Scots exclamation of surprise — the Oor Wullie trifecta.

#scottish#scots#exclamation#oor-wullie
geebag 18+
noun

Mature content — open to view.

#irish#hiberno-english#insult#vulgar
Sosa
proper noun

Chief Keef's alias, lifted from the Scarface drug lord Alejandro Sosa.

#chicago#drill#hip-hop#alias
thizz
noun

MDMA / ecstasy, Bay Area slang popularised by Mac Dre.

#bay-area#oakland#hyphy#drugs
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
Sac au lait
interjection

Cajun exclamation of surprise — and also the local word for crappie.

#nola#cajun#louisiana#french
O-dark-thirty
noun

Stupidly early. Some hour before sunrise that doesn't deserve a real name.

#military#time#jargon
Deadhead
noun, verb

Running with an empty trailer — moving freight-less miles you don't get paid for.

#trucker#cb-radio#logistics#freight
Catch a falling knife
phrase

Try to buy an asset mid-plunge and hope you don't get sliced.

#finance#wall-street#trading#risk
AON
noun

All-or-none order — fill the whole thing or don't fill any of it.

#finance#wall-street#order-types#trading
KVI
noun

Known Value Item — the staple whose price shoppers actually have memorised.

#retail#grocery#pricing#category-management
Power exchange
phrase

A dominant taking the control that a submissive willingly hands over.

#kink#bdsm#leather#lgbtq
stealth
noun

Living such that most people don't know you're trans.

#trans#lgbtq#transition#passing
throw shade
phrase

Artful, indirect contempt — an insult you don't even have to say out loud.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#paris-is-burning
she'll be right
phrase

It'll be fine; don't worry.

#australian#aussie#idiom#reassurance
crikey
interjection

An exclamation of surprise.

#australian#aussie#exclamation