Results for “TM”

48 results

TMI
phrase

Too much information; more than one wanted to know.

#texting#acronym#reaction#chat
flatmate
noun

A housemate; someone you share a flat with

#australian#aussie#living#housing
nutmeg
noun

Playing the ball through an opponent's legs and collecting it behind them.

#sports#skill#dribbling#insult
hairdryer treatment
noun

A furious face-to-face dressing-down from the manager.

#sports#manager#discipline#british
ATM
phrase

At the moment; currently.

#texting#acronym#time#chat
TTM
phrase

"Talking to me" — often in "WTM"/"who ttm" contexts

#texting#acronym
military enlistment
noun

The mandatory service that pauses male idols' careers.

#kpop#stan#fandom#service
pitman
noun

A coal miner

#british#regional#noun#industry
pitmatic
noun

The dialect of North East coal miners

#british#regional#noun#language
OTM
adjective

Out of the money — an option with no intrinsic value yet.

#finance#stocks#wsb#options
ITM
adjective

In the money — an option that already has intrinsic value.

#finance#stocks#wsb#options
jiminy Christmas
interjection

A mild, polite exclamation.

#american#regional#exclamation#minced-oath
Lightmans
noun

The day, in the cant — paired against darkmans on the rogue's upside-down clock.

#thieves-cant#cant#historical#british
DTM
phrase

'Doing too much' — calling out someone who's being extra or overdramatic.

#acronym#texting#gen-z#american
mog
verb

To dominate someone else in the looks department just by standing there.

#tiktok#looksmaxxing#manosphere#gen-z
back of Rackhams
phrase

Birmingham's old red-light district — behind the famous department store.

#brummie#birmingham#history#british
poody
noun

In a sulk — Welsh-English for the bottom-lip-out treatment.

#welsh#wales#mood#sulk
zone 4
noun

Atlanta Police Department's Westside / Southwest zone.

#atlanta#hip-hop#geography#police-zones
triple-decker
noun

A three-story wood-frame apartment building stacked one flat per floor, iconic to New England.

#new-england#boston#architecture#housing
erk
noun

Lowest-rung aircraftman — the RAF's grunt.

#military#raf#wwii#rank
gyrene
noun

A US Marine — a portmanteau of GI and Marine.

#military#usmc#vintage#us-navy
Doc in a box
phrase

A small walk-in clinic, no appointment needed.

#medical#us#primary-care#clinic
MD
noun

Managing Director, the top dealmaking rank at an investment bank.

#finance#wall-street#banking#titles
Junk bond
noun

A sub-investment-grade bond paying fat yield for fat risk.

#finance#wall-street#credit#bonds
The Street
noun

The collective US investment-banking and trading world.

#finance#wall-street#metonym#culture
Hedge fund
noun

Pooled investment fund that uses leverage, shorting, and exotic strategies to chase absolute returns.

#finance#wall-street#investing#trading
NSA
abbreviation

No Strings Attached — a hookup or arrangement with zero commitment.

#sex-work#hookup#personals#online
IDLH
noun

An atmosphere that will kill or maim you if you breathe it without SCBA.

#firefighter#hazmat#osha#technical
chrissie
noun

Christmas.

#australian#aussie#holidays
fair crack of the whip
phrase

A fair chance or fair treatment.

#australian#aussie#idiom#fairness
gravy day
noun

21 December (Paul Kelly Christmas reference)

#australian#aussie#music#holidays
tall poppy syndrome
noun

resentment of high achievers

#australian#aussie#culture#behaviour
mare
noun

A nightmare; a bad time

#australian#aussie#difficulty#state
flat
noun

A rented apartment or shared house

#australian#aussie#housing#living
maaate
interjection

Drawn-out 'mate' signalling shock/disappointment

#australian#aussie#address#exclamation
gaza
noun

Vybz Kartel's camp/fanbase (Portmore Empire)

#caribbean#patois#dancehall#music
toting
verb

Carrying a grudge; harbouring resentment.

#caribbean#patois#emotion#behaviour
sorrel
noun

A tart red hibiscus drink (esp. at Christmas)

#caribbean#patois#food#drink
parang
noun

Venezuelan-derived Christmas folk music

#caribbean#patois#music#christmas
megs
noun

Short slang for a nutmeg.

#sports#skill#dribbling