I’m a Man - heck, on the SDMB, I’m the Word Man - so I fit the basic criteria.
But every now and then, I come across what I have termed “Insider Man Lingo” - some phrase or concept that is easy to understand and seems immediately obvious - but I had never heard of it.
The first example that comes to mind is from the movie There’s Something About Mary, when Chris Elliott’s character launches into Ben Stiller’s for not knowing that if you are going on a hot date, you need to “clean your pipes out” (i.e., masturbate) beforehand so you don’t launch inappropriately. Never heard of it, but the concept seems reasonable, especially for a quick-on-the-trigger high school kid or something. When the movie came out, I checked with other guys and sure enough, some hadn’t heard of it and some were like “oh yeah - you didn’t do that when you were dating?!”
Same thing with MILFs - I heard about that phrase years before American Pie came out, but it was Insider Man Lingo for a while before then.
So now, I came across a new one: Breaking the Seal. On a night when you are pounding beers, you may go deep into a sixer before you finally have to pee. BUT - once you do pee, you “break the seal” and after that, you find you have to pee constantly, given all the beer you’ve drunk.
Obvious - has happened to me countless times in the past, but I never heard anyone capture the concept with this phrase until this past weekend.
So - two questions:
Is “breaking the seal” a commonly-used phrase in your crowd? Or was it back in college or something?
What other Insider Man Lingo have I been missing out on? Come, help a (Word)Man out!
About the “clean your pipes” thing, I thought that was so you wouldn’t appear too eager, that wimmins would desire someone who didn’t chase. Eh, no wonder the teenager years were so damn confusing.
I remember learning the term “breaking the seal” at a backyard college party. One bathroom in the whole house, big back yard with a good bonfire and a decent keg, and a gaggle of girls waiting to use the toilet. One says something akin to “Damn, only two hours in and I’m breaking the seal already!” which is obvious considering the situation.
Well, have you heard of a “safety buzz”? A safety buzz is using drinking as cover for something stupid that you might do later. I would suggest the Urban Dictionary for additional research.
Is the phrase “Beer Goggles” - to describe the effect that beer has on the perceived appearance of a young lady whose charms may have gone unrecognised in the cold, sober light of day - a universal one?
OK, I’ll bite. What’s butterface? (I know I could probably find five conflicting definitions on urbandictionary.com, but I want you to fight my ignorance)
