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King punch

Called a sucker punch in the US, a King punch is the same thing throughout the UK and former colonies. A person uses a fist to punch a victim without warning, often from behind, and usually to the back of the head. It's extremely dangerous to the victim, even fatal.

The news said he was charged with murder, after using a king punch during a bar brawl.

by Kingdragonfly January 7, 2019


Jumping Josephat!

A very mild euphemism similar to "Tarnation!" (Damnation!) or "Dagnab it!" (God damn it!)

Yosemite Sam, of Warner Brother Cartoons, would mispronounce it as "Josephat", ignoring the "sh". It was to indicate his lack of formal education.

See "Jumping Jehoshaphat"

From the 1966 Batman film. Robin :"Jumping Jehoshaphat Batman!"

From McHale's Navy: Lieutenant Commander McHale: "Great jumping Jehoshaphat!"

Yosemite Sam (mispronounced): "Jumping Josephat!"

by Kingdragonfly February 5, 2017

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zandpa

Combination of the drug Zanax/Xanax and Grandpa. It's an old guy who looks good. Simalar to "a silver fox", but more street cool.

Coined by late night host Stephen Colbert, when talking about "Faceapp", a dodgy Russian phone app which creates an aged version from any photo.

20 Jul 2019, Stephen Colbert monologue

The biggest trend buzz this week is the social media craze "FaceApp." You upload a photo of yourself and it shows you what you'd look like way older. Everyone is doing it, including me. Got to say "Not bad. Hello Zandpa."

Now this is the only fun thing to happen this week, so of course there's a nefarious dark side...

Summary: Russians own all your personal information on your phone legally forever.

by Kingdragonfly July 21, 2019


redhat

There's lot of definitions for red hat, and is often used without explanation. It's all about context.

Most recently and most frequently it's a reference to Donald Trump's infamous "Make America Great Again" MAGA red hat.

Ironically on the left wing, red is the traditional color of communism. The same red beret worn US airborne troopers were also worn by militant socialists or union organizers. Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, was called a red hat.

Pre-World War II, pacifists and union organizers were called red hats. The "Red Hat Acoustic Music Club" celebrates this usage.

Red hat can be used as a reference to the Bloods criminal gang, such as Jay-Z "What's Free" song.

Red-hats / red caps are malevolent spirits found in the lowlands of Scotland. Their red hats would frequently re-dyed in human blood. It's associated with violence and vampirism. It the meaning of AFI's song "Red Hat"

The Linux computer software is called "RedHat" because its creator Marc Ewing wore a red hat.

Jay-Z "What's Free"

“No redhat, don’t Michael and Prince me and Ye
They separate you when you got Michael and Prince’s DNA"

AFI's song "RedHat"

"Can’t remember days, the days we posses, only the day she left.

I see her in the crucifix, my mind begins to slip. My love had fallen right to a T.

Then I close my eyes and the tears begin to run, the nightmare has just begun.

by Kingdragonfly July 8, 2019

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16

The slang term “16” (also spelled sixteen) is a noun which is used by a lot of musicians, writers, and rappers to represent a 16 bars in a verse. When rappers talk about spitting a “hot 16” or “16 bars” they are referring to a verse, which sometimes is also over and under 16 bars.

I spit a hot 16.

by Kingdragonfly December 9, 2022


carnival barking clown

An insult coined by democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg in a series of tweet exchanges between himself and President Donald Trump in 2020. Both are from New York.

Michael combines two insults. A carnival barker is an employee in cheap showy clothes, "barks" (yells) to attract patrons. He is usually position in a stand in front of decrepit attractions, such as freak shows and erotic dance shows.

"Clown" is just added as a typical New York put-down.

@realDonaldTrump

- we know many of the same people in NY. Behind your back they laugh at you & call you a carnival barking clown. They know you inherited a fortune & squandered it with stupid deals and incompetence.

I have the record & the resources to defeat you. And I will.

by Kingdragonfly February 15, 2020


mutton jugs

Uncommon British slang. Slightly insulting way of saying "using your head" or "use your brains"

Mutton Jeff is Cockney rhyming slang for deaf, or someone who refuses to listen,

Jugs refers to jug handles, meaning your ears.

What's between your ears? Your head.

"Spot on. That's using the old loaf, mutton jugs."

Or in American English: "You're right. Way to use the old gray matter, meat head."

by Kingdragonfly September 27, 2019