break the glass
1. reaching a point of no return, an irreversible decision; from the practice of "breaking the glass of a
fire alarm" in which you must first break a thin layer of glass before pulling a fire alarm to discourage unnecessary activation of fire alarms2. In Healthcare Information Management Systems (
HIMS), the practice of opening a confidential record, file, etc.; often when this is done your information (name, IP, email, organization) is recorded on an accounting of
disclosure form
break the glass
by tagged on Oct 06, 2007 04:38:36
Example:
"
Flirting with your
room mate's girl is ok, but make sure you find another
pad before you break the glass and sleep with her."
break the glass
by billie shakes on May 23, 2005 00:25:19
Say this when you're breaking out the big guns. When evertything you've tried has failed, and you're resorting to your
emergency plan. From breaking the glass
of fire extinguishers to
put out a fire.
break the glass
by ASAP on Jun 02, 2005 08:03:46
What a man does (by
stamping on it with his foot) after the blessings at a Jewish wedding, as a commemoration of the Temple in
Jerusalem, which was destroyed in 68 or 70 of the Common Era. The idea is that even at the peak of our joy, we have to acknowledge the sadness and evil that
persist in the world.
break the glass
by carlton banks on May 29, 2005 23:37:53
break the glass
by Dementous on May 30, 2005 00:22:43
Its when you play
SOCOM II US Navy Seals and the other team pulls out either M79s, M203s (Grenade Launchers), AT-4
Heats, or RPGs (Rocket Launchers) and you tell your team this and pull out launchers as well.
Example:
"Shit they just
slaughtered us with M79s... let's break the glass and
pull out our M203s. We're going to fucking bomb these
bastards!"
Break Glass
by TFannyFresh on Aug 04, 2010 06:52:43
Example:
You got a nasty ass attitude lately, go break some glass.
Oh girl,
you know it's the weekend, I'm need to call my
break glass and make an appointment!
What are you doing tonight?
Breaking glass!
National Break A Glass Day
by Milky Babqs on Dec 30, 2020 06:10:11
break a glass day
by ajsjd on May 31, 2022 20:42:50
Example:
hey mum,todays
feb 4.”
ok and”
im sorry” i have to break a glass because its break a glass day