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Five-second rule

Have you ever picked and eaten food dropped on the floor especially when you are so young? Frankly speaking, so many times I have. You might have a chance to hear this expression from the teens. It's very interesting and funny. Not sure if it's scientifically correct, but they say it is safe if you pick up the food on the floor and blow it up and eat within 5 seconds. 

One Mississipi, Two Mississipi, Three Mississipi, ...

Have you ever seen anyone who counts like "One Mississipi, Two Mississipi, Three Mississipi .."? Why do they count like this? The basic idea here is that saying "Mississipi" takes up about a second. So, you can count seconds by saying like that way though it is not exact time but approximation. There is a similar counting when you try to sleep. One sheep, two sheep, ...  I don't believe it is to measure some amount of time.

Joining the Mile-High Club

Can you understand when your friend jokes by saying "Are you joining the Mile-High Club?" Here's the link you can see and know what it means. Believe it or not, it looks like many people are so curious about this.

Mile-High Club

Curb  Your Enthusiasm - Mile High Hero

joining the mile high club

Mile high club means people who want to have an intercourse in the lavatory in the airplane.

Public Indecency 외설죄   act of behavior to make people uncomfortable

Indecent exposure 공연음란죄

flasher 바바리맨, 노출광

petty

He is a petty person. Someone who pays attention to tiny things.

encroach

encroachment

Endangering the passenger safety

That's so not like you.

Curb  Your Enthusiasm - 5 second rule

He got a boner. He got aroused.

5-second rule mostly used for food.

Typical ways of American counting

1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi... 5 Mississippi, it's way too long

1 sheep, 2 sheep, .., 

He wasn't turned on by her.

Curb Your Enthusiasm - Mile High Hero

false alarm  misunderstanding

We don't see eye to eye.  We don't get along because of the personality difference.

Wake  the day before a funeral

I am going to the wake.  

Cremation Put the ashes in an Urn.

Bone picking ceremony

Busted out in tears. I was wailing.

wailing wall

They try to grin and bear it. to look competent.

I just shut down the conversation. stop talking

Eavesdrop on somebody

cubicle

They looked like they were running around "like a chicken with its head cut off."  madly, frantically, crazily

Curb your enthusiasm

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Seinfeld

• http://www.seinology.com/scripts-english.shtml
• http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/seinfeld-scripts.html

POC People of Color

skit  a little part of the comedy show

implication

The implication that I'm not enough to be a dermatologist.

lame joke 썰렁한 유머

That's a lame joke

fussy

You are fussy.

You are finicky.

you trippin  slang. you're kidding

nursing home

Karma came back and bit him in the butt.

Just spit it out. 

Just tell us. Just say it.

Let's not beat around the bush. Tell me straightforward.

You can say that again.  You're right. I agree.

Bonafide  genuine real 100%

Bonafide business opportunity.

Sister, brother  때때로 같은 인종 같은 종류의 사람을 언급할 때 사용.

Get out of here. Get out of town.

1. Get out

2. Are you serious? You're kidding. No way.  농담하지마.

Reference: Amazingly Easy Phrasal Verbs

Run out of - to have no more of something

This morning, I wanted to have some bread toast, however, I'd run out of bread. So, I rushed out of (the) house and got into the car. I turned the key but the car didn't start - I'd run out of petrol! I ran down the road to the shop, but they'd run out of sliced bread. I decided to buy some rolls (instead). Then I realized I'd run out of money. I'm always doing it and the shopkeeper has run out of patience (with me). I came home, looked at the clock, and saw that I'd run out of time for breakfast.

(missing words), not remembered

Reference: Curb your enthusiasm

Recommended Drama:

• TGIF Friday night sitcom

• Friends

• Sex and the city

• Seinfeld --> Strongly Recommended, New York Jewish humor

• Curb your enthusiasm Season 1 - 8 --> HBO

ABC American Broadcasting Corporation 

humor

Nitpickers

fussy

He burns his bridges with people. 인간관계를 망치는 것.

He has no filter. 필터가 없는 것처럼 생각하는 것을 직설적을 표현하는 사람.

Jerry David has no filter, shameless.

Affirmative action - have to hire a certain number of black people, minority.

9월 21일. All in the family

Reference: All in the family, Archie in The Lockup

Polish

favoritism, nepotism

New York's finest  = NYPD

C.O.P Citizens On Patrol

No hard feelings = don't worry about it, I'm not mad about you.

He shot himself in the foot. = He put his foot in his mouth.

He'll be out on bail. I bailed you out. He bailed him out. You owe me. 

= take him out of any situation not only prison.

She had to cough up $5,000. cough up = come up with 마지못해 돈을 내놓다

freedom fund

Courtesy of Pikos, freaks, meathead

meathead, bonehead, dumass