Over the years, plenty of real estate jargon has become the butt of jokes.
The elder, potbellied, carried an ancient single-barrelled shotgun, the butt mended crudely with wire.
Players try to seek refuge during the off-season, but the butt dialer finds them.
Players have tried fleeing to other teams, but wherever they go, the butt dialer follows them.
And for some, that has made it the butt of jokes in the online world.
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One got demoted as a planet and the other is the butt of jokes.
But for everyone else, picking between the two tax laws will a huge pain in the butt.
In recent years analysts have come to be the butt of major jokes on CNBC and Bloomberg.
It was one of those kick in the butt moments that may have prevented a more serious issue.
So Vernon Wells, Travis Hafner, Kevin Youkilis and company were the butt of more than a few jokes.
Players have even tried escaping to other countries, but the butt dialer has no regard for international borders.
Nelson Figueroa was in the Dominican Republic pitching in a winter league recently when the butt dialer struck.
Even media studies, long the butt of every joke about useless academic qualifications, has smartened up its act.
At the edge of the grayish patch he gave the ice a bonk with the butt of his gun.
Things are happening a lot faster, but it remains a pain in the butt to make the adjustment.
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Even when they're on the field, players aren't safe from the butt dialer.
However, critics have dismissed it as being too vague and it has become the butt of late-night talk show jokes.
In December Ain't It Cool's Harry Knowles showed the film as part his 24-hour Austin-based film festival known as the Butt-Numb-A-Thon.
Gerry was walking around the pool, worrying the hoover with the butt of a brush, pushing it out toward the center.
For someone who must remain in constant contact with Mets players and executives, the butt dialing has complicated things a bit.
Now, he's the butt of jokes and the center of swirling questions about whether he or someone else is behind the hoax.
You can even integrate the Butt Probe into a modular synth setup, using other modules or a sequencer to control the filter.
Supporting most bears right now is a bunch of bull: namely, the notion that too much debt will bite us in the butt.
So that people avoid becoming the butt of jokes, Collins English Dictionary advises against using literally as an intensifier in formal or written contexts.
"Foodies are a pain in the butt, " says Steve Dublanica, who penned a best seller, "Waiter Rant, " about his life as a NYC server.
Finally, a button on the butt of the shooter triggers the "hold your breath" action to steady an in-game weapon when pressed against your arm or shoulder.
Ramon Ramirez, a forgettable Mets relief pitcher in 2012, was in spring training with the San Francisco Giants last month when the butt dialer struck.
The jockey got to his feet and grabbed the reins, pulling his mount to him, before lowering the butt of his helmet towards the horse.
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Unless Americans can nip the obesity epidemic in the butt, statistics of where the U.S. healthcare budget is headed, show that the future looks abysmal.
He lived in Los Angeles doing sales and marketing for LG between 1980 and 1986, when Korean goods were the butt of jokes about poor quality.
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