" straits "

 [ "strait" ]

1: When something is cool. Basically just an Adj.

  * e.g.,  ... Boy 1: that DS is cool! 

 [ "strait" ]

1: Old and rarely used word meaning narrow

  * e.g.,  ... Straitjackets are tight... 

 [ "strait" ]

2: or tight.

  * e.g.,  ... The bering strait's pretty hard to navigate. 

 [ "strait" ]

3: Also could mean "straight" (right).

  * e.g.,  ... Dam strait f00! 

 [ "strait" ]

1: something that you can say in public not referring to people but is gay.

  * e.g.,  ... Instead of "that shirt is so gay", you would say "that shirt is so strait. 

 [ "george strait" ]

1: The guy that posted before I did has it allllll right.

  * e.g.,  ... George Strait is the most amazing country artist ever. And for being alittle old,he surely is rather attractive. 

 [ "george strait" ]

2: George Strait is the King of Country and he rules the scene. If you turn on your local country station for an hour or two,it's hard NOT to hear one of his greatest hits.

 [ "george strait" ]

3: all hail George! all hail George!

 [ "george strait" ]

4: best songs include Amarillo By Morning,The Best Day,How About Them Cowgirls, and Carrying Your Love With Me.

 [ "George Strait" ]

1: A multi-award winning legend of country music, "King George" has more or less been the face of country music over the last 20 years.

  * e.g.,  ... My all-time favorite George Strait song is "Amarillo by Morning", hand down. It's not on his 50 Number Ones double CD, which is a damn shame. 

 [ "George Strait" ]

2: With over 50 songs going #1, 62 million recordings sold, and 16 CMA Awards, the Texan was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 200

  * e.g.,  ... God Bless King George, what else is there to say? 

 [ "George Strait" ]

3: While country was turing pop in the 80s and 90s, with artists such as Garth Brooks dominating the scene, George Strait always managed to keep it old school and stayed true to his country roots. And he keeps putting out good stuff to this day! He just put out "It Just Comes Natural" and it kicks ass...can this man do any wrong?

 [ "Damn strait" ]

1: When "You know it" or "Hell yeah" isn't enough.

  * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Aren't you that crazy guy who jumped off the bridge? 

 [ "dire straits" ]

1: to be in serious shit !!!! to be fucked up !!!

  * e.g.,  ... you dumasses don't even know your own language !!! You're in Dire straits 

 [ "Dire Straits" ]

1: The most useful way to divide the body of music created by man, is into Dire Straits, and non-Dire Straits.

  * e.g.,  ... "Dire Straits is the only band that plays like an organic whole" -- Bob Dylan. 

 [ "Dire Straits" ]

2: Once you've learned to appreciate the subtely and refinement of Knopfler and company, every other artist pales in comparsion.

 [ "Dire Straits" ]

3: Eric Clapton has admitted an inferiority complex because of Knopfler's majestic guitar stylings.

 [ "Dire Straits" ]

4: Dire Straits: will there ever be a better band?

 [ "Dire Straits" ]

1: A awesome band, who plays tightly, amazing guitar solos, very unappreciated in the younger generation, and that's a shame because this band "played as an organic whole" - Bob Dylan

  * e.g.,  ... Damn man I cruise to the dire straits album in my tempo. It's the best cassette I own. 

 [ "Dire Straits" ]

2: Probably the most popular of their songs (lthough they wrote many good songs) is "The Sultans of Swing"

 [ "strait edge" ]

1: Abstaining from alchohol,drugs, and casual sex. This definition comes from a song sung by the underground 80's punk band minor threat from Washington D.C. whose lead singer Ian Mckaye sang about how abstaining from aforementioned things was cool and gave you an edge up on drug users and alchoholics.

  * e.g.,  ... The kids didn't drink at the party because they are strait edge.