Funnies
Slang Dictionary
Click-clack to you
Creation: January 17, 2005
By: Taylor
Meaning: Fooey, fiddle-dee-dee. (Can be done with your hard shoes.)
Example: "I’m stupid? Well, click-clack to you."
Done the lead-around
Creation: 2005
By: Taylor
Meaning: "Been around the block"
Example: "Aine thought her school dress was brand new, but by the looks of it, I knew it had done the lead-around."
Don’t get your bloomers in a bunch!
Creation: December 17, 2005
By: Reelgirl
Meaning: Relax or "chill out"
Example: "Don’t get your bloomers in a bunch - we'll make it on time!"
If you can’t take the treble reel, get off the floor.
Creation: 16 November 2005
By: Adapted from an anonymous submission
Meaning: The equivalent of "if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen"
Example: "He was kidding himself when he said he could keep up with this. If you can’t take the treble reel, get off the floor."
Kick all the way up in the back
Creation: 26 November 2005
By: Leia
Meaning: Having all your brains; being sane
Example: "My Spanish teacher just doesn’t kick all the way up in the back."
Kick yer butt or I'll kick it for ye
Creation: "Times of the Ancient Dance Masters"
By: EireLibra
Meaning: If you don’t get this important part of Irish Dance Technique, I’m going to
beat you up.
Example: "And then Glenn Simpson told me, 'Kick yer butt or I'll kick it for ye!'"
Not the brightest solo in the line-up
Creation: December 10, 2005
By: Anonymous
Meaning: Equivalent to "not the brightest crayon in the box."
Example: "Josh tripped over a 'microphone cord' that wasn’t even there; he’s not the brightest solo in the lineup."
Reel
Creation: Been around the block
By: Whomever figured out the endless possibilities of 'reel' versus 'real'
Meaning: Infinite variations of "real"
Example: "I’m not a Riverdancer - I’m a reel Irish dancer."
Slip my jig
Creation: Unknown
By: Maureen
Meaning: "Slap you silly"
Example: "If you spill grape juice on your white solo dress, I'll slip my jig on you."
Sock glue and sequins
Creation: 04 August 2005
By: Sandra of Ghillie Studio; example by Ashe
Meaning: The equivalent of "tarred and feathered"
Example: "If they find out I switched Meghan’s wig with an abnormally fuzzy chihuahua, it’s sock glue and sequins for me."
Split curl
Creation: 05 November 2005
By: Leia.
Meaning: Nothing, "squat"
Example: "I paid split curl for these dance shorts compared to what you did."
Two click-step forwards and and three batter-hops back
Creation: 06 September 2005
By: Anonymous
Meaning: The equivalent of "two steps forward, three steps back"
Example: "I can’t see you any more. It’s two click-steps forward and and three batter-hops back with us."
Two skips short of a jig
Creation: December 10, 2005
By: Anonymous
Meaning: Equivalent to two sandwiches short of a picnic
Example: "I swear that girl is two skips short of a jig if she thinks she'll get away with a quadruple wig."