'knacks | busy as a bee hive | a very busy place with a lot of activity. | Our office has been busy as a bee hive since we advertised on the WWW. |
| beef cake | a sexy man, usually with many muscles. | Woman to woman friend in a bar: 'Wow, check out that beef cake.' |
| cheese cake | a sexy woman, or a picture of one. | Woman to man: 'Don't you know cheese cake posters degrade women.'1 |
| candy striper | a volunteer in a hospital, usu. young. | Nurse to another nurse: 'Can you see if the candy striper will take the drinks around on the ward today.' |
| piggy2 | greedy. | Don't be a piggy, let your brother have some potatoes, too! |
| piggy back2 | on the shoulders or back. | Child2 to Father: 'Give me a piggy back ride, Daddy.' Also, the Space Shuttle is 'piggy backed' on a rocket, medicine is piggy backed to an IV, etc. |
| piggy bank2 | a small bank. | I had to break my piggy bank because there was a sale at the new department store yesterday. |
| porker | a heavy set person (VERY RUDE !)3. | Hey! Check out the porker that just walked in. He must weigh 100 kilos (250 pounds). |
1 Ladies, but beef cake it OK?
2 Often used by children.
3 Nice students probably won't use this word. While it is not 'bad' in itself, it is hurtful to the person it is said to.
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