Results for “green shoe”

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Greenshoe
noun

IPO option letting underwriters sell up to 15% extra shares to steady the price.

#finance#wall-street#ipo#underwriting
Green stamps
noun

Cash, or money for tolls and fines.

#trucker#cb-radio#money#tolls
Greenmail
noun

Buy a big stake, threaten a takeover, then sell it back to the target at a premium.

#finance#wall-street#m&a#corporate-raid
Greenfield
noun

Flexible metal conduit — the bendy aluminium tube you snake through finished walls.

#construction#electrical#conduit#trades
Green Flag
noun

A positive trait, behavior, or sign that suggests someone is trustworthy, healthy, or worth investing time in.

#gen-z#dating#internet#relationships
Green
noun

In NBA 2K, a perfectly timed shot release that's basically guaranteed to go in.

#sports#american#gen-z
brown shoe
noun

A naval aviator. From the brown footwear that goes with the flight-crew uniform.

#military#navy#aviation#uniform
shoemaker
noun

A clumsy, careless cook who wrecks food.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#insult
shoe
noun

Short for shoemaker — a hack cook.

#kitchen#boh#restaurant#insult
Code Green
phrase

Walmart PA code for an active hostage situation.

#retail#walmart#emergency-code#hostage
gumshoe
noun

A detective.

#police#detective#us#noir
bones day
phrase

A go-for-it day — green light from the universe, courtesy of an elderly pug.

#tiktok#gen-z#2021#horoscope
sannies
noun

Trainers, plimsolls, or any soft canvas shoes.

#scottish#scots#clothing#british
runners
noun

Trainers. Sneakers. The shoes you'd run in (or not).

#irish#ireland#clothing#footwear
Dubes
noun

Dubarry deck shoes — the posh-rural Irish uniform.

#irish#ireland#fashion#slang
lashing
verb (present participle)

Rain coming down hard enough to ruin your day and your shoes.

#irish#ireland#weather#hiberno-english
calcos
noun

Pachuco Caló for shoes — especially shined-up dress shoes.

#la#calo#pachuco#chicano
cally
noun

Weed — cannabis, usually the green you're smoking right now.

#uk-drill#london#weed#drugs
crap hat
noun

British Para/SF slur for any soldier not wearing a maroon or green beret.

#military#british-army#paratroopers#insult
nig
noun

'New In Greens' — a soldier fresh out of basic training.

#military#british-army#recruit#acronym
newjack
noun

A green CO still finding the keyhole.

#prison#incarceration#guards#rookie
Geek
noun

A green trainee on the Salomon Brothers trading floor.

#finance#wall-street#salomon#liars-poker
Triple nickel
noun

The Greenlee 555 — the industry-standard powered conduit bender.

#construction#electrical#tools#lineman
Pleasers
noun

Brand of clear plastic platform stripper heels, now a generic term for the shoe itself.

#sex-work#strip-club#footwear#brand
Gorpcore
noun

Wearing technical hiking and outdoor gear as everyday fashion — fleeces, shell jackets, and trail shoes in the city.

#gen-z#internet#american#sports
Brat
noun

The slime-green, messy-confident party aesthetic from Charli XCX's 2024 album — chaotic, hedonistic, unbothered cool.

#gen-z#internet#music#british
Lettuce
noun

Cash money — green like a head of lettuce.

#money#cash#american#hip-hop
Scrilla
noun

Money, cash, paper — a classic West Coast term for the green.

#money#cash#aave#hip-hop
Cabbage
noun

Money — older slang for cash, named for the green color of bills.

#money#american#aave
Beige Flag
noun

A quirky, neutral trait in a partner that's neither a red flag nor a green flag — just oddly boring or weird.

#gen-z#dating#internet#relationships
Colorway
noun

The specific color combo a shoe or garment comes in — same model, different palette.

#american#gen-z#money