Duckbutt's definitions

mushroom status

This is the plight occasionally experienced by lower-level college administrators such as department or division chairs in which they are on a short leash as to what they can do, are regularly given a ration of shit, and are kept in the dark.

No budget, no instructions, no discretion or wiggle room; Bill has been consigned to mushroom status and regular Friday afternoon meetings.

by Duckbutt September 23, 2005

king cake

The traditional Mardi Gras circular cake: festively iced with purple, gold, and green frosting. A small bean or plastic doll baby is inserted somewhere in each one. The one who gets this has to provide the king cake next year.

We had the traditional New Orleans king cake. As, as is tradition, it was not very good this year, either. Still, it's a reminder of New Orleans: the best damned city in the country. Even though it's down now, it will come back, so hang loose and let the good times roll.

by Duckbutt February 27, 2006

superannuated flatus

Synonym for old fart.

Too many university faculty members wind up being superannuated flatuses over time. It's pasture time for them.

by Duckbutt November 20, 2005

pétomane syndrome

A minor behavior problem in which an individual, usually a preadolescent male, deliberately makes disgusting sounds for entertainment purposes. After Joseph Pujol, also known as Le Pétomane, a French entertainer.

Jonathan amused himself and his friends by making flatus-like sounds and generally manifesting the pétomane syndrome.

by Duckbutt February 10, 2006

egg-sucking dog

This literally refers to a seriously ugly or mangy mongrel. Said to be descrbed this way because of its non-doglike penchant for eating the insides of eggs.

Metaphorically, it can be applied to a person (almost always male) who is out-and-out riff-raff: one of the inbred corps.

Ole Billy Bob was just an egg-sucking dog.

by Duckbutt July 31, 2006

Bravo Sierra

Phonetic spelling of b.s., which is short for "bullshit."

It helps to be a world-class generator of Bravo Sierra if you are a minor university adminostrator.

by Duckbutt October 14, 2004

Wookie

The mythical hairy man-beast allegedly living in the Honey Island Swamp in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.

Ever since Katrina, no one's seen the Wookie any more; chances are that he shaved and moved to Dallas and will start for the Cowboys.

by Duckbutt March 4, 2006