mod. deep in something, such as paperwork or water. (See also knee-deep in (sth).) : We're up to our knees with orders and getting more all the time.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Up to one's kneesis always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
