Definition of van down by the river

van down by the river

noun

• where a person in bad circumstances lives. From a Saturday Night Live sketch featuring Chris Farley.

  If you don't study hard in school, you'll be living in a van down by the river.

                                                                            
  
                                 
  
  Citation from Munchery.com radio commercial censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Sep 25 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 25 2015.

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5 by 5	Definitions include: See five by five.
BTW	Definitions include: acronym for "by the way".
by and by	Definitions include: eventually.
by George	Definitions include: general exclamation.
by (one's) lonesome	Definitions include: by oneself.
by the book	Definitions include: strictly following procedure.
by the skin of (one's) teeth	Definitions include: narrowly.
drive-by	Definitions include: an execution carried out with firearms shot from a moving vehicle.
eaten by snakes	Definitions include: something disappeared under unknown circumstances.
five by five	Definitions include: fine, good, okay.
fly-by-night	Definitions include: adjective.
have by the short hairs	Definitions include: to catch or trap a person in a difficult situation.
have by the throat	Definitions include: to have the advantage in a situation.
have the world by the balls	Definitions include: to be in a very good position in life, business, etc.
live life by the drop	Definitions include: To live with the present being the most important; to live a dream or to understand the unchanging world, so to speak.
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Other terms relating to 'down':
batten down the hatches	Definitions include: to prepare for hardship.
beat down	Definitions include: a fight or severe beating.
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
bow down	Definitions include: to back down from a situation.
bow down before the porcelain god	Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet.
bow down to the porcelain god	Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god."
bring down	Definitions include: to sadden one.
bring the house down	Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd.
broke down	Definitions include: unattractive.
bust down	Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people.
butter down	Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
buttoned-down	Definitions include: overly formal, conservative.
chow down	Definitions include: to eat.
come down	Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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Other terms relating to 'river':
Da Nile isn't just a river in Egypt.	Definitions include: an expression used to indicate someone is in denial.
river	Definitions include: to get the last card in Texas Hold'em.
river rat	Definitions include: usually a term given to someone from Mississippi. Generally not derogative.
Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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Other terms relating to 'van':
bully van	Definitions include: a paddy wagon.

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