nut up

nut up
 v.— «Children: Nut up, get out on the blacktop, and throw that dodgeball back at that little shit harder than he threw it at you. » —“Warning: This post could piss you off” in San Francisco Craigslist Oct. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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