The Larry David Dictionary

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A season by season catalogue of Curb Your Enthusiasm lingo. Explaining meanings and sometimes providing information of origin and usage. 📍🇸🇪
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The special section (noun) The place in a Jewish cemetery where you put the people who are disqualified from burial in consecrated grounds. Ex. the villains, the suicides, the one’s with tattoos on their asses. S03e06, ”The Special Section”.
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The bathroom trick (noun) The art of planning your bathroom visit with such meticulous precision that you always manage to leave the table the second the check comes. Invented by: Larry David. S03e05, ”The Terrorist Attack”.
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4 years ago
Porn baby (noun) A well-equipped child with a promising career in the porn industry. S03e04, ”The Nanny from Hell”.
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4 years ago
”The blank from hell” (idiom) A phrase used to describe someone or something that is really awful. ”This is the lunch from hell.” Coined by comedian Richard Lewis.* *[citation needed] S03e04, ”The Nanny from Hell”.
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Whisper lunch (noun) When restaurant tables are squeezed so close together that you end up whispering in fear of strangers overhearing your conversations. S03e04, ”The Nanny from Hell”.
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4 years ago
Benadryl hitman (noun) The person you hire when dating a Christian Scientist who won’t take traditional medicine. S03e02, ”The Benadryl Brownie”.
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4 years ago
Kebabophobe (noun) An armchair diagnosis given to a person who, due to fear of kebab sticks, refuse to invest in a new restaurant if kebab will be on the menu. S03e01, ”Chet’s Shirt”.
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4 years ago
Temporaries (noun) The rabbit like front teeth replacement a vengeful dentist might use when feeling wronged by their patient. S03e01, ”Chet’s Shirt”.
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4 years ago
Bartlett pear (noun) The best-selling pear variety in the world. Named after Bob Bartlett, owner of Sonoma pear farm and a cousin of Larry David. S03e01, ”Chet’s shirt”.
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4 years ago
Scarlet Letter punishment (noun) When a person convicted of stealing a fork is sentenced to the disproportionate punishment of walking around with a stupid sign, thus being exposed to public humiliation. See also: ”The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1850).
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Kim Psychic (noun) Aka Hole-in-one psychic. A woman claiming to use extrasensory perception to access hidden information, such as who will get a hole-in-one and which homebody that will have a bad time on vacation. S02e10, ”The Massage”.
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4 years ago
Stop and chat (noun/verb) When you have the misfortune of meeting an acquaintance on the street and are forced into a strained conversation that all parties would be better off avoiding altogether. ”He wanted to stop and chat with me, and I don’t know him well enough for a stop and chat.” S02e10, “The Massage”.
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