Sleep Mode

To temporarily shut off the thinking part of your brain and focus only at the task at hand, such as eating, playing video games, watching television, or exercising.


Husband: “……….” (Eats dinner while running sleep mode)

Wife: “Whatcha thinking about?”

Husband: “……….Nothing.” (Continues eating as he enters sleep mode again)

shelf friend

When you become an option. You are not first pick of friends. When your friend starts dating someone and you are put up on a shelf until they have no other people to hang with.


I don’t need you anymore, I’m dating somebody. So I’ll put you up on the shelf until I have a need for you. You are my shelf friend.

Verbal Handcuffs

When someone won’t stop talking (usually about a subject you have no interest in). The talker has verbally forced you to stand there there and listen, even though you have given many clues that you have checked out. Examples: vacant stares, looking at your watch, checking your phone, answering in short one word phrases.


Girl 1 :So then I realized my cat really likes Meow Mix more than Frisky’s but only if I mix it with Fancy Feast.

Girl 2: (Stares blankly)

Girl 1: Unless of course it’s Chicken Livers from 9 Lives, Snowball loves that. It’s her favorite.

Girl 2: Uh-huh.

Girl 1: Of course on her birthday I give her the good stuff, real tuna!

Girl 2: (Thinks fuck me, verbal handcuffs)