Curlies

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Locks of curly hair. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    Pubic hair plural, plural-only, slang, specifically

    "When the condom gets caught on your curlies while you're trying to roll it off."

  3. 3
    Curly brackets. informal, plural, plural-only

    "Some keywords, such as {abstract}, show up in curly brackets. It's never really clear what should technically be in guillemets and what should be in curlies."

  4. 4
    Curly quotes. informal, plural, plural-only

    "Doing it manually can be a real drag and messy, but you can use a short macro to change all curlies to straights throughout an entire document."

Synonyms

All synonyms
curlscurls

Example

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"When the condom gets caught on your curlies while you're trying to roll it off."

Related phrases

curly bracketshort and curlies

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