Results for “catch a falling knife”

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Catch a falling knife
phrase

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

#finance#wall-street#trading#risk
catching a falling knife
phrase

Buying an asset while it is still dropping sharply.

#finance#stocks#wsb#risk
catch a fire
phrase

To take off / blow up; also to get vexed

#caribbean#patois#expression#dancehall
catch a body
phrase

To dunk on a defender viciously

#sports#dunk#streetball
catch-and-shoot
noun

Shooting immediately off a pass

#sports#shooting#offense
catch a ride
phrase

To get high off a friend's drugs.

#prison#criminal#drugs#favor
catching a ride
phrase

Getting high on another inmate's drugs.

#prison#criminal#drugs#urban-lingo
catch yerself on
phrase

'Wise up / stop talking nonsense' (the North)

#scottish#irish#idiom#ulster
Catch and Release
noun/verb

Pursuing someone eagerly then losing interest once you've won them.

#dating#relationships#chasing#losing-interest
catch feelings
phrase

To develop romantic feelings, often unexpectedly or against one's plan.

#dating#relationships#emotions#casual
Catch You On The Flip Side
phrase

A breezy goodbye meaning 'see you later' or 'until next time.'

#1970s#disco#funk#soul
Catch Flights, Not Feelings
phrase

A mantra about staying detached, chasing travel and freedom instead of getting attached.

#gen-z#dating#internet#aave
falling knife
noun

A stock in a sharp, rapid price decline.

#finance#stocks#wsb#risk
baby catcher
noun

An obstetrician — or anyone whose job is catching the kid on the way out.

#medical#hospital#obstetrics#midwifery
Knife play
noun

Slow, controlled sensation play with the edge and point of a blade.

#kink#bdsm#leather#lgbtq
fair catch
noun

Catching a kick unhindered after signaling for no return.

#sports#special teams#rules
ash catcher
noun

A bong add-on that traps ash before the water chamber.

#weed#cannabis#420#gear
reclaim catcher
noun

An attachment that collects concentrate drip from a rig.

#weed#cannabis#420#gear
knife and gun club
noun

The stream of penetrating-trauma patients (and those who cause it)

#medical#nursing#trauma#emergency
eyecatch
noun

A short bumper image marking a commercial break.

#anime#weeb#production#broadcast
you catch more flies with honey than vinegar
phrase

Kindness works better than harshness.

#american#regional#proverb#manners
lurker
noun

The player who roams alone to catch rotating enemies off-guard.

#counter-strike#valorant#fps#roles
engage
verb

Starting a fight on your terms, usually by catching the enemy out of position.

#moba#league of legends#teamfight
voiding
verb

Falling out of the game world into the empty void below it.

#speedrun#out-of-bounds#glitch
chupapi munyanyo
phrase

Gibberish prank catchphrase from a 2020 TikTok creator.

#tiktok#2020#viral#prank
boomer
noun

'30-Year-Old Boomer' wojak and the catch-all chat dunk on anyone out-of-touch.

#wojak#discord#reaction#ok-boomer
BTW I use Arch
phrase

Catchphrase mocking the tech-server poster who can't shut up about running a hard Linux distro.

#linux#discord#tech#catchphrase
LI
noun

Love Interest — the character the protagonist is falling for.

#fanfic#romance#abbreviation#booktok
it's joever
phrase

Doom-spiral catchphrase meaning it's completely over, paired with a defeated Joe Biden face.

#politics#wojak#twitter#2024
this is fine
phrase

Smiling-dog-in-a-burning-room catchphrase for pretending everything's okay when it absolutely isn't.

#webcomic#reaction#denial#2010s
shrek is love, shrek is life
phrase

Cult ironic catchphrase from a disturbing 2013 4chan Shrek copypasta, now used as devotional joke worship.

#4chan#copypasta#shrek#2010s
over 9000
phrase

Catchphrase meaning a ludicrously huge number, from Vegeta's scouter line in Dragon Ball Z.

#anime#dragon-ball#2000s#youtube
gay bear
noun

WSB insult for anyone shorting or betting on a stock falling.

#wallstreetbets#reddit#insult#trading
I like the stock
phrase

Roaring Kitty's catchphrase, now WSB shorthand for refusing to call it advice.

#wallstreetbets#gamestop#meme-stocks#catchphrase
rambo
noun

A large knife — usually a hunting or combat blade.

#mle#london#british#weapons
shank
noun, verb

A knife — or to stab someone with one.

#mle#london#road#british
cheff
verb

To stab someone — knife reference, chef's knife.

#mle#london#drill#road
Cheffed
verb

Stabbed up — knife work, drill-scene shorthand.

#nyc#drill#hip-hop#violence
Bora
noun

A knife — drill-rap slang from 'borer'.

#nyc-drill#uk-drill#hip-hop#violence
Zombie
noun

A zombie knife — serrated, jagged-bladed weapon.

#nyc-drill#uk-drill#hip-hop#weapons