Duckbutt's definitions

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

Rear Admiral

A Rear Admiral is slang for a proctologist.

"I know I'm a proctologist; and I find it disrespectful to be referred to as a bum doctor or as a Rear Admiral, unless you give me a snappy uniform."

by Duckbutt May 28, 2006

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

awdoc

An awdoc is a university student who discovers at about ninety percent of the way through a semester that he (rarely she) is making a poor grade and asks for some slack on the course grade or deadlines for term papers. Awdocs are so-called because of their characteristic distress call, "Aww Doc!"

Soon it will be Thanksgiving, and the awdocs will discover that time is running out for them. I must purchase two boxes of Puffs for them and replenish the Jack Daniel's for myself!

by Duckbutt September 30, 2005

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

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