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strong stomach. 1. The ability to eat foods that others may find unusual, unpalatable, or too spicy without experiencing any ill effects like nausea or upset stomach. My husband has such a strong stomach that he can eat a ghost pepper and feel perfectly fine afterward. You must have a strong stomach if you're eating pickles with peanut butter!
A thoroughly devastating or disappointing loss, setback, or failure. Losing the championship match in the final moments like that was a real punch to the stomach. I won't lie—the outcome in court was a punch to the stomach. We were hoping for justice, but we were let down. She said her mother's death was a punch to the stomach, one she's only ...
dick-sucker. 1. n. a male who performs fellatio. (Rude and derogatory.) In the bar, this dick-sucker came up and wanted to know my sign. 2. n. a low and despicable male; a male who is despicable enough to perform fellatio.
phubbing. slang The act of ignoring someone in one's presence in order to pay attention to the content on one's phone or other mobile device. The term, a combination of "phone" and "snubbing," was coined as part of a marketing campaign for an Australian dictionary. Apparently, phubbing is a big problem in a lot of relationships.
stand to (do something) 1. To have a high likelihood of doing something or having something happen, especially to gain or lose something. We stand to lose over half a million dollars as a result of the stock market crash. The party stands to gain a majority in both houses of Congress for the first time in 12 years. 2.
crumb bum. 1. noun Someone viewed with disdain, often a bum or tramp. When we lost all of our money in the stock market crash, we were really worried that we'd end up being crumb bums. 2. adjective Of poor quality. Darn it, my crumb bum suitcase fell apart as I was trying to pack it. See also: bum, crumb.
unmitigated gall. Absolute impudence, out-and-out effrontery. The use of gall, which strictly speaking means the liver’s secretion, or bile, and its extension to bitterness of any kind, dates from about a.d. 1000.
