Duckbutt's definitions

rat cap

This was a 1960's style hat consisting of a beanie-style cap with small brim in front and often with school initials or logo, once optimistically 'required' of freshman males at certain universities. To be seen in one permanently labeled one as a dork.

Rat caps seem to be making a comeback, as ironic retro wear.

Freshmen were supposed to wear rat caps while on campus at Georgia Tech. You risked the penalty of having your scalp shaved if you didn't.

by Duckbutt September 23, 2006

Gypsy Rose Lee Strategy

In negotiations or in a hierarchy, this is a strategy of holding back the commitment of some resources. The plan is that they might be subsequently required by a customer or superior and, when provided, gives them the sense that they have gained a considerable concession. This is named after Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970), American ecdysiast (stripteaser), who advised a stripper to pretend that she had completed her disrobing but still had one or more garments that could be removed and had been planned to do so. This caused the customers to clamor for her to remove more, and when she would seemingly reluctantly did so, it would, give them the sense of having gotten something extra.

On my original proposal, I used the Gypsy Rose Lee strategy by not listing some things that were planned because I knew that they would be requested and I wanted to give the impression of them having gained some big concessions.

by Duckbutt January 30, 2007

douchebag index

The douchebag index (DBI) is a statistic that yields the number of days since a person last bathed. It is found by multiplying the number of visible tattoos (VT) by the number of missing teeth (MT).

DBI = VT X MT

This dude's douchebag index is 27, meaning that he hasn't bathed in about four weeks. He has nine gross tattoos and three missing teeth.

by Duckbutt January 9, 2008

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

wokka wokka

What intoxicated Yalies sing in The Wiffenpoof Song.

Chadwick really tied one on; and walked around scenic New Haven singing "Wokka Wokka."

by Duckbutt August 7, 2004

pissant

1. An insignificant or mediocre person.

2. A tiny black ant, sometimes called a 'sugar ant.' It is called this because this type of ant is a favorite target in urinals.

Monty Python wrote the Philosopher's Song in which they declared that 'Immanuel Kant was an old pissant.' I agree.

by Duckbutt November 10, 2006

ART

Acronym for "assuming room temperature," i.e., dead.

Reserve a place for him in the morgue; that dude is ART.

by Duckbutt September 9, 2007