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chill

out

exp.

relax, calm down

said to make someone temper his nerves or enthusiasm. E.g.: Chill out, I didn’t take your car!

Netflix and

chill

n.

Slang for having intimate relations with another person while Netflix is on in the background.

[Slang] Example: I invited Jen over to my place for a Netflix and chill kind of night.

POSH

exp.

Port Out Starboard

Home

Folk etymology: rich ship passengers paid for cabins on the side most in shadow. Supposedly shortened to P.O.S.H on tickets. No evidence for this origin; the word comes from 19th century slang.

give the chills

exp.

have a powerful impact on someone; impress; generate an emotion (positive, but also negative)

it can be used to describe a feeling of fear or a positive emotion; e.g.: “This violin music gives me the chills” or “Being all alone in that old house after dark…it gave me the chills.”

footies

n.

informal name given to footwear items like socks,

home

foot covers or plastic foot covers used for hygienical reasons

backronym

n.

a false acronym created “backwards”, i.e. from a phrase deliberately invented to generate the acronym, e.g. posh “port out starboard

home

“.

homebound

adj.

forced by a medical condition to spend most of the time

home

motherism

n.

stereotypical belief that disconsiders in terms of intellectual and physical qualities women who stay

home

to look after their children

empty nester

n.

parent whose children no longer live in the family

home

residential care

n.

care provided for old or sick people or children in a residential facility (“

home

“)

empty nest syndrome

n.

feeling of emptiness experienced by parents after the children leave their

home

[Psych.]

Elvis has left the building

exp.

the show is over, you can go

home

, the main purpose of your presence is gone

was used in Elvis concerts to prevent people from waiting an encore