Definition of red shirt

red shirt

noun

• someone who is likely to be martyred, often someone who's own character or role is trivial. comes from the original star trek series, where on any planetary expedition, any character wearing a red shirt was likely to die in order to create drama and suspense.

  Last edited on Feb 21 2005. Submitted by Tony F. from Ann Arbor, MI, USA on Feb 21 2005.

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Aunt Flo and cousin Red	Definitions include: menstrual period.
case of the red *ss	Definitions include: angry, pissed off
code red	Definitions include: an emergency situation.
Colombian red	Definitions include: a strain of marijuana
cousin Red	Definitions include: see Aunt Flo and cousin Red.
earn (one's) red wings	Definitions include: to give oral sex to a woman on her period, for the first time.
give the red *ss	Definitions include: something that gets on your nerves or bugs you.
in the red	Definitions include: in debt.
Jesus H. red-headed Christ	Definitions include: interjection of surprise, alarm, etc.
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RCH	Definitions include: figuratively, a very small amount.
red	Definitions include: mean; spiteful; cruel.
red-*ss	Definitions include: a person who is so intense in his/her competitive spirit that they are constantly on the verge of boiling over.
red ball	Definitions include: emergency, or a situation that needs an urgent response.
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keep (one's) shirt on	Definitions include: to not get angry, to stay calm.
lose (one's) shirt	Definitions include: to lose a lot or all of one's money.
shirt lifter	Definitions include: male homosexual
stuffed shirt	Definitions include: an overly formal person.
wet (one's) shirt	Definitions include: to shoot someone

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