John from Louisville, Kentucky, is curious about a line on a track by Jay-Z and Timbaland where Jay-Z says wants not a magnum, but a Methuselah. The reference is to wine bottles, not weapons. A standard bottle holds about 750 milliliters, while a...
Nate in Winterville, North Carolina, remembers an older relative asking Are you going to get outside of that? meaning “Are you going to finish that meal?” To get outside of a meal or to climb outside of a meal suggests that you’re...
The verb duffifie is defined in the Scots National Dictionary as “to lay down a bottle on its side for some time, after its contents have been poured out, that it may be completely drained of the few drops remaining in it.” This is part...
Birdie means to drink from someone else’s bottle or glass without letting your lips touch it, as in “I’ll birdie it.” The same maneuver is also called waterfalling, because the drink is poured through the air into your mouth. Other reported names...
milk bottle n.— «For all the talk of romance, the language of sex tourism is pretty basic. In Jamaica the men are called “beach boys” or “Rastatutes.” The women are called milk bottles by the men—partly because of...