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Meaning of shake hands with the unemployed | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To urinate.
    euphemistic, slang
  2. To masturbate.
    euphemistic, slang

Examples

“An older man made this remark when he left the bar to urinate: "Well, I'll go back and shake hands with the unemployed." Since he was heading for the men's room I didn't get the significance of this statement for a minute or so; it was, of course, a reference to sexual inactivity.”
“Why did the preppie boy make a great social worker? He had a lot of practice shaking hands with the unemployed.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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