Results for “going alone”

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pick it up, I'm going alone
phrase

Euchre call to play a hand solo.

#american#regional#midwestern#game
going yard
phrase

To hit a home run.

#sports#home run#hitting#offense
going steady
phrase

Being in an exclusive, committed relationship (dated).

#dating#relationships#exclusive#dated
going forward
phrase

From now on.

#corporate#office#work#overused
going off
phrase

The surf is exceptional and breaking beautifully right now.

#skater#surf#conditions#praise
going to hell in a handbasket
phrase

Rapidly deteriorating toward ruin.

#american#regional#ruin#idiom
forever alone
phrase, noun

The meme face — and identity — of the guy who'll never get a date, ever.

#meme#rage-comics#reddit#2010s
palone-omi
noun

Polari for a lesbian — literally 'woman-man.'

#polari#lesbian#lgbtq#british
how ya going
phrase

how are you? (greeting)

#australian#aussie#greeting#everyday
how's it going
phrase

Hi; how are you?

#australian#aussie#greeting
Baloney
noun

Nonsense, lies, or foolish talk, the meaty cousin of 'applesauce.'

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#prohibition
Omi-Palone
noun

Polari for a gay man — literally 'man-woman', a coded self-name under criminalisation.

#polari#lgbtq#british#heritage
Palone
noun

Polari for a woman or girl — likely from Italian 'paglione' or a Romance root.

#polari#lgbtq#british#heritage
Gymcel
noun

Someone grinding hard at the gym hoping muscle alone will fix their dating life.

#gym#fitness#internet#meme
lurker
noun

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

#counter-strike#valorant#fps#roles
dropshot
noun

Going prone mid-gunfight to drop under their aim and win the close-range duel.

#fps#callofduty#technique#movement
pocket
noun

A healer glued to one teammate, pumping all their heals into them alone.

#overwatch#support#mercy#fps
tunnel vision
noun

Locking onto one target and going blind to everything else.

#moba#mentality#macro
flank
verb

Going round the side to hit the squishy backline instead of the meat shields up front.

#moba#positioning#tactics
one-shot
adjective

Enemy's one hit from going down — finish them.

#battle royale#callout#fps
zipping
verb

Going out of bounds so the game flings you to a whole new location.

#speedrun#out-of-bounds#glitch#warp
flaming
verb

Going off on teammates in chat. Pure rage, zero help.

#toxicity#chat#esports#behaviour
slow burn
noun phrase

A romance that takes its sweet time getting going.

#booktok#fanfic#tropes#romance
moonshot
noun

Lottery-ticket bet on an obscure coin going 100x.

#crypto#shitcoins#trading#memecoins
snap
noun

Food, especially a packed lunch — old miners' word still going strong.

#brummie#midlands#mining#british
wag1
phrase

Texted form of 'wagwan' — what's going on?

#mle#london#british#greeting
dustbin lid
noun

A kid. One of yours, or just any rugrat going past.

#cockney#london#rhyming-slang#british
Jack Jones
noun

Cockney rhyming slang for 'own' — as in alone, on your own.

#cockney#rhyming-slang#british#phrase
messages
noun

Groceries; 'doing the messages' = going for the shopping.

#irish#ireland#shopping#food
up to 90
phrase

Flat out, going mental with how much you've got on.

#irish#hiberno-english#phrase#stress
how's she cutting?
phrase

Rural Irish 'how's it going?' — older, friendlier, slightly farm-coded.

#irish#ireland#hiberno-english#greeting
Drilling
verb

Going at opps — attacking, invading rival blocks, putting in work.

#nyc#hip-hop#drill#violence
drillin'
verb

Going out to commit violence against rivals.

#chicago#drill#violence#hip-hop
scuttlebutt
noun

Gossip, rumour, the unofficial word going round.

#military#navy#marines#nautical
the hole
noun phrase

Solitary confinement — the box where they put you to rot alone.

#prison#incarceration#solitary#punishment
CTD
noun

Circling The Drain: a patient who isn't going to make it.

#medical#hospital#abbreviation#end-of-life
GPO
noun

Good for Parts Only — the patient who's not going to make it but could save several others.

#medical#hospital#trauma#transplant
dying on the pass
phrase

Plated food sitting too long in the window, going cold or wilting before it's served.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#service
freelancing
verb

Going off on your own at a fire — and getting people killed.

#firefighter#fire service#safety#ems
fully involved
phrase

The whole building is on fire — we're not going inside.

#firefighter#fire service#size-up#ems