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Definition of the crickets
the crickets
- Receiving no response to a particular message or action.
"I sent my boss an email asking about the raise and all I got was crickets."Last edited on May 16 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on May 16 2018.
expression
- an awkward silence or feeling one gets in odd social situations.
"My boss is always saying sexist things. It is giving me the crickets."Last edited on Sep 09 2014. Submitted by Anonymous on Sep 09 2014.
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| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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