Urban Dictionary Tees

take the mickey: To make fun of someone or something, often to mock in a satirical way, or to attempt to fool someone in a manner of telling them an outrageous story. Often used also to cast doubt on the truth of a statement.

standard: a word to describe something which goes without saying.

top up music: The kind of music that you listen to only when the (convertible) top and all windows are up. Also known as 'closet music' it is the kind of music that you don't want anyone to know that you like.

hanger appeal: The attractiveness of a garment when viewed on a hanger (rather than being worn). A garment has hanger appeal if it looks good "on the rack" and would entice someone to look more closely, and perhaps try it on and buy it.

huggy bear: Everything is cool, works fine, everything is in place.

move units: make moves; do big things; sell

Mirrorface: The unintentional look of coolness, focus, and determination that appears on one's grill when put in front of a mirror. A self-preservation technique in which one fantasizes about looking way better than they really do, usually occurring prior to a significant social outing.

Mexican Standoff: The awkward scenario where one person goes to kiss another on the cheek and the recipient moves for the mouth (or vice versa). This results in a repeated back and forth movement where both parties keep moving to rectify their facial position, creating a kung fu movie visual.

awes: Abbreviation of the word awesome, cos shortening words is totally coo

fanboy: A passionate fan of various elements of geek culture (e.g. sci-fi, comics, Star Wars, video games, anime, hobbits, Magic: the Gathering, etc.), but who lets his passion override social graces.

mancation: When normal males engage in "guy" activities that involve sports, camping, gambling, chasing women and most of all drinking amongst their all and only male friends. No wives, mistresses or girlfiends allowed. Done in order ot get in touch with their male-primal roots.

the awesome: When something is defined as awesome. Displayed in quotations, when possible.

sample slut: somebody who hovers around free sample counters in food stores and/or takes more than one free sample

flexitarian: some one who essentially eats just vegetables (as well as fish, eggs & milk) who's not too uptight about eating meat ocaisionally as a matter of convenience; a lenient vegetarian

Snipe: To bid on an eBay auction minutes before it ends, hoping that others will not be able to place a higher bid in time.

kick it up a notch: To make things more intense, exciting, or interesting. (introduced by chef Emeril Lagasse in reference to spicing up his recipies)

pluto: Verb. to pluto someone or something is to downgrade, demote or remove altogether from a prestigious group or list, Like what was done to the planet of the same name.

Sandbox: Middle Eastern nation, particularly one with a vast desert such as Iraq or Saudi Arabia.

bending corners in the hood: Walking around your neighborhood looking for things to do.

utilize: A substitute for the word "use" to be employed when you want to make something sound more important or difficult than it really is.

pop a socket: A method of lighting fire using tissue, a paperclip or staple, a plastic comb, and an electrical outlet. Commonly used in prisons where smoking cigarettes is prohibited.

truthiness: The quality of stating concepts one wishes or believes to be true, rather than the facts. Origin: Stephen Colbert, "The Colbert Report," 2005 "And that brings us to tonight's word: truthiness. "Now I'm sure some of the Word Police, the wordanistas over at Webster's, are gonna say, 'Hey, that's not a word.' Well, anybody who knows me knows that I'm no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true, or what did or didn't happen. Who's Britannica to tell me the Panama Canal was finished in 1914? If I wanna say it happened in 1941, that's my right. I don't trust books. They're all fact, no heart."

hypertasking: The simultaneous execution of an exceedingly large number of tasks. An otherwise unmanageable number of tasks that can be accomplished with an extreme level of concentration. aka taking multi-tasking to the Nth degree.

run up: 1) to suddenly approach someone 2) to ambulate quickly across an inclined surface 3) to accumulate

dippin: when you gas then brake causing you to rock back and forth. (made popular by the bay area)

lactard: a person who is lactose intolerant

Befuckled: 1. Commonly used in military HQ's, charachterized by extreme confusion, and genuine, profound disorientation. Often the result of being given different and usually conflicting orders. 2. As above but brought about by a lack of skill or knowledge.

what: In hop-hop, it's often used as a sort of taunt after a proclamation has been made.