Pantywaist as I understand it and use it, means to be a sissy about something.
I think, and I could be completely wrong as I am not the person to discuss Rap Linguistics, but Shizzle means ’ the shit". Y’know, da bomb That is my guess. Don’t trust my account at all.
Ta muchly.
The Shizzle Nizzle stuff has been driving me nuts.
Oh Shirley, choccy is on it’s way.
I thought “shizzle” meant “sure”. I’ve only heard it in the context of “Fo’ shizzle, my nizzle”, meaning “That is quite correct, my dear boy”.
jsgoddess: Turn key means ready to go. The house is turn key = you can move in with no renovations; the car is turn key = no problems with the car mechanically.
lorene: Pantywaist is used much like wimp and pussy. Generally used to refer to guys who are sissies = no better than the waist that ends up in a girl’s panties (after sex? during her period? that part I’m not sure about). Not too nice a phrase.
This disagrees:
MLM is Multi-Level Marketing. A classic example is Amway, where each “distributer” not only sells the product, but recruits other distibuters to work under him. Each person in the chain above you gets a cut of everything you sell. MLM has also been applied to pyramid schemes.
Turnkey, in the computer world refers to vendors who sell a complete system, including hardware, software, support and training. In other words, they deliver the system, and all you have to do is “turn the key.”
But, I learned it in community college!!! How can it not be true?!? Seriously, one of my English instructors was doing her thesis on the semantics of clothing and she taught us that meaning of pantywaist. You just can’t believe anything you hear, read, or learn anywhere, can you?
please disregard my multiple incorrect spellings–I’m pretty sure that pantywaste would be better for my definition.
I’ve seen this on various e-mails (work related) and don’t know what this term means:
“Fat-fingered”
What the heck does that mean? It’s generally used on correspondence where someone, somewhere, screwed up but I can’t pinpoint the exact meaning.
Anyone?
I’m guilty of contributing to this thread’s degeneration into a “what does X mean?” thread, but I’m dying to know…
What do NBA commentators mean by “off the dribble”?
Thanks.

I’ve seen this on various e-mails (work related) and don’t know what this term means:
“Fat-fingered”
What the heck does that mean? It’s generally used on correspondence where someone, somewhere, screwed up but I can’t pinpoint the exact meaning.
If you have real-life fat fingers (like me) and are mediocre, self-taught typist (like me), the meaning is obvious.
My fat fingers tend to hit two keys simultaneously:** A** and S, H and** J**, L and ;, etc. This can make for interesting typos.

What do NBA commentators mean by “off the dribble”?
To make a play “off the dribble” just means you started off dribbling the ball on that given maneuver.
To “take someone of the dribble” means basically that the ball-handler dribbled in an especially tricky manner to evade the defender (and often, to subsequently score a bucket).
“Off the dribble” is more or less opposed to “catch and shoot”, where a player begins a scoring play without the ball – then a teammate passes the ball to him for a relatively easy shot.
Thanks, Bord.
Let them have cake and eat it too.
“Sea change” it is. I don’t really know the origin, but it means something like “paradigm shift” (God help us all!), or in non-technical language, “a big change.” I hear it used in the sense of largish societal or political changes: “In the last decade, there’s been a sea change in the public acceptance of X.”
the tide’s turned?

I read a lot of romances. The cheap kind. They are published by an English company so you get a lot of Britishisms. It’s my understanding that “Snap!” means something like, “I was thiking the exact same thing!”
Is this true?
as in snapping your fingers?

The expression “Word” is making a comeback?
About 15 years ago, it used to mean “Agreed”, “Indeed!”, “Preach on!”.
Heavens to Vanilla Ice!!
“Word to your Mother!”
Basically it means you can’t have everything both ways. If you eat your cake, it’s gone (into your stomach, obviously), so you no longer have it.
I’ve only heard this once on The West Wing but this seems like the right place to ask. Does anyone know exactly what cotton candy ass means here? I assume they’re both being sarcastic but for some reason I feel like I’m missing something.
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that episode, but given the usual run of conversations with Josh, I would guess “cotton candy ass” means just about the same thing as “pantywaist.”

jsgoddess: Turn key means ready to go. The house is turn key = you can move in with no renovations; the car is turn key = no problems with the car mechanically.
lorene: Pantywaist is used much like wimp and pussy. Generally used to refer to guys who are sissies = no better than the waist that ends up in a girl’s panties (after sex? during her period? that part I’m not sure about). Not too nice a phrase.
Turnkey (pricing) is also what we in retail call cost+ pricing.