Results for “beyond the wire”

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beyond the black stump
phrase

Far from civilisation.

#australian#aussie#geography#idiom
Outside the wire
phrase

Beyond the base perimeter, in hostile territory.

#military#army#deployment#perimeter
bag-o-wire
noun

A traitor / betrayer

#caribbean#patois#people
oot yer face
phrase

Absolutely steaming. Drunk beyond function.

#scottish#scots#drinking#phrase
black affrontit
phrase

Mortified. Beyond embarrassed.

#scottish#scots#emotion#embarrassment
swangas
noun

Protruding 30-spoke wire wheels fitted to Houston slabs — also called elbows.

#texas#hip-hop#houston#cars
elbows
noun

Houston name for the long horizontally protruding wire wheels on a slab.

#texas#hip-hop#houston#cars
84s
noun

The holy-grail 1984 Cragar wire rims — Houston slab royalty.

#texas#houston#slab#car-culture
FUBB 18+
acronym

Mature content — open to view.

#military#wwii#acronym#snafu-family
stinger
noun

Bootleg immersion heater rigged from bare wires to boil water in a cell.

#prison#contraband#diy#us-prison
BX
noun

Armoured flexible electrical cable — wires inside a spiral metal jacket.

#construction#electrical#wiring#trades
Pigtail
noun

A short jumper wire used to connect a device to a circuit without breaking the run.

#construction#electrical#wiring#trades
Fish tape
noun

Flexible spring-steel ribbon used to snake wires through walls and conduit.

#construction#electrical#wiring#tools
Chicago grip
noun

A jaw-style clamp for pulling wire and cable under heavy tension.

#construction#lineman#electrical#rigging
Idiot Stick
noun

A non-contact voltage tester — pen-shaped, beeps near live wires.

#construction#electrician#tools#trades
extras
noun

Sexual services beyond what the club's rules — or the law — actually allow.

#sex-work#stripping#vip#club
ovah / over
adjective

Beyond impressive, flawless, on the level of cunty or sickening.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#vogue-femme
rooted
adjective

Exhausted; or broken beyond repair.

#australian#aussie#state#tiredness
puckerood
adjective

Broken beyond repair (anglicised 'pakaru')

#australian#aussie#broken#maori
supercycle
noun

Theory that crypto has entered prolonged growth beyond its old cycles.

#crypto#web3#market#cycle
downtown
adverb

From well beyond the three-point line

#sports#shooting#three-point
deep three
noun

A three-pointer taken far beyond the arc

#sports#shooting#three-point
the out
noun

The outside world beyond prison.

#prison#criminal#freedom#outside
outwith
preposition

Outside of; beyond — a distinctively Scots preposition

#scottish#irish#grammar#formal
think outside the box
phrase

To think creatively beyond conventional limits.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
scope creep
noun

The gradual expansion of a project beyond its plan.

#corporate#office#work#project-management
value-add
noun

An extra benefit beyond the core offering.

#corporate#office#work#sales
Hesco
noun

A wire-and-fabric barrier filled with dirt for protection.

#military#army#barrier#fortification
Silent Disco
noun

A party where everyone dances to music through wireless headphones, not speakers.

#american#gen-z
Outta Sight
adjective

Describing something so excellent it's beyond belief or comparison.

#1970s#disco#funk#soul
Buggin
verb

Freaking out, overreacting, or acting crazy — your wires are tripping.

#90s#aave#american#hip-hop
Fubar 18+
adjective

Mature content — open to view.

#1940s#wartime#swing#vintage
Glazed
verb

Excessively praised or hyped up beyond what's deserved.

#gen-z#gaming#meme#internet
Righteous
adjective

Genuinely fine, excellent, the real thing, beyond reproach.

#harlemese#jive#1930s#harlem-renaissance