copioid
Copium; a proverbial drug representing a state of coping.
English · United States 32588
All languages English Tiếng Việt
Where will you be? Anywhere UK & IrelandUnited StatesOnline slangBusiness jargon
Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
coplike
Resembling a cop; policelike.
copper chopper
A police helicopter.
copper nose
A red nose resulting from alcoholism.
copperhead
A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.
coppertop
A person with ginger hair.
coppish
Characteristic of or resembling a cop (“police officer”).
cops
The police, considered as a group entity.
copstache
A mustache in the style commonly worn (or perceived as such) by a police officer.
copy down
To copy something written, drawn, spoken (e.g. on a whiteboard) onto a sheet of paper, notebook etc.
copy out
To write out by copying.
copy-pasto
An error caused by incorrect copy-pasting, often resulting in unintended text (or other content) being inserted.
copypasta
Code or documentation that has been copied and pasted, often erroneously.
copystrike
A formal notice to a user on a website (particularly YouTube or other video-sharing site) reprimanding the user for copyright infringement.
corbel out
To furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one below it.
cordon off
To protect from intrusion by enclosing in a rope or other barrier.
corduroy
Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.
corflu
Opaque fluid used to mask textual errors, especially on mimeograph stencils or typewritten pages of fanzines.
cork it
To be quiet; to shut up.
cork off
To fall asleep.
cork out
to fall asleep.
cork up
To enclose in a bottle sealed with a cork.
cornball
An unsophisticated person.
corner up
To form one or more corners.
cornfest
Something very corny.
cornplate
To discuss or scrutinize insignificant or inconsequential details in media.
corny
Boring and unoriginal.
Corporal Forbes
gastroenteritis
corporate nun
A woman who dedicates her life to her job or career, especially at the expense of romance.
corporation
A protruding belly.
corporosity
One's body; hence, one's state of health.
corpse
To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
corpsefucker
Term of abuse.
corridor warrior
A type of worker who works inside a workplace building, who is mobile there and spends most of their time away from their desks. In many cases they may not even have a specific assigned desk.
cosfamous
Well-known within the cosplay community.
cosmo
Cosmopolitan, an American monthly fashion and entertainment magazine for women.
cosplaytriot
Someone who tries and fails to act like a patriot.
cost out
To calculate the cost of a future enterprise (project, plan, etc.)
cost up
to calculate the costs of something.
costware
Commercial software.
cosy along
To falsely reassure (someone).
cosy up to
To come physically close to, using body language in an attempt to persuade another (often hesitant) party to snuggle or embrace.
cot
vulva; vagina.
cottage cheese ass
Buttocks of visible cellulite.
Cotton Candy
The ship of characters Kim and Aubrey from the videogame Omori.
cotton on
To realize; come to understand.
cotton on to
To come to know or understand (something).
cottonopolis
The city of Manchester, England.
couch down
To couch (a thread) onto a fabric (use small stitches to attach it in order to produce a textured effect).
couch lock
A state of extreme lethargy induced by marijuana.
couch up
To use, sit on or sleep on a couch.
coug
Clipping of Cougar (“a student or alumnus of the Washington State University, or Brigham Young University”).
coug it
To fail; to blow it, often by making a mistake at the last moment.
cougar
An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.
cougarhood
The condition of being a cougar (older woman who seeks relationships with younger males).
cougaring
The seeking of casual, often sexual, companionship of younger males by an older woman.
cougarness
The quality of being a cougar (older woman who seeks relationships with younger males).
cough down
To drown out (a person attempting to speak) by coughing deliberately.
cough out
To remove by coughing, especially figuratively, to say through coughs.
cough over
To give money or other valuables, usually reluctantly.
Advertisement
Ad space — ads help keep Idiomer free. Premium will remove them.