Country Dictionary

Alternate spelling of fark which itself is an alternate spelling of fuck as to be used in polite company as an expletive.

Possibly derives from fark.com.

Oh farck, I need a cup of coffee.

To relay a communication over CB radio.

Derived from the ten code 10-5 (relay traffic).

Hey, White Lightning, I'm not hearin' that mud duck there on the flats, you wanna pass the five for me?

Extended form of scarf, and used especially when time is of the essence.

Dude, we gotta catch that plane in two minutes and you've only half finished your burger. Better scarf it down on the way to the gate.

One who continually repeats the same statement with little variation, if any.

Derives directly from the (slightly inaccurate) term involving polyvinyl record albums, where such a "broken" record would repeatedly skip back a moment in what being played. (The term was inaccurate - usually such skippage was caused by debris on the disc.)

Hey, Bob is being a broken record about the salad bar. Somebody wanna hit him?

Those safety instruction routines that flight attendants give their passengers on every flight, just before the plane takes off.

Named after a song by the same name.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for the flight attendants to give the safety dance. Please make sure your tray tables are in their upright position....

Colloquial description of an item (document, schedule, contract, etc.) that cannot be altered without great effort (and possibly some destructiveness) for one reason or another.

Probably derived from how the ten commandments (Exodus 22:* in your bible) were produced on stone tablets, as it requires effort to modify a document that is etched into stone.

See also set in jello for a good opposite.

Once you sign the contract, the terms are set in stone.

Modification of the term god damn. Comes from the midwest, as near as I can tell - my grandfather (an Illinois native) used to say it a lot.

Note the term is always used as an adjective, and NEVER as a verb. So you can have (day) a dad gum toll booth attendant, but you don't dad gum the toll booth attendant. The only exception to this rule is that "Dad gummit" is a suitable substitute for "goddammit"

Dad gummit! Where is the dad gum screwdriver?