Harry Flashman's definitions

codded

Having testicles.

I'll give you $65 for that billy goat, it' the heaviest codded one I have ever seen.

by harry flashman July 16, 2003

skint back

Redneck for "ready for action" or "ready to make speed." (An allusion to retracting the foreskin in uncircumsized males before action.)

Cleotis heard the Yankee accent and was skint back and started looking around for a pool cue. After the bar brawl Cleotis jumped in his Firebird and had it skint back doing 90 up Highway 31.

by harry flashman July 28, 2003

ass-scratcher

The nth level of "ho-hum". That which will bore you to tears.

Yeah, that book of poetry...Leaves of Grass, I think...you know...the one President Clinton gave Monica...I read it in a post grad humanities course....what an ass-scratcher.

by harry flashman July 4, 2003

zot

Onomatopoeia for that sound when you have been touched by personal tragedy that is funny to everybody else.

"Zot!, Bubba...that looks like the repo-man towing away your Trans-Am with your coon dog in the back seat." Or, "Zot, that had to hurt, Leon...I ain't never seen a framing hammer turn a thumb purple that quick."

by harry flashman August 20, 2003

flambuoyant

To have the qualities of a showy, cheerful flamer pushing upwards, straining the bounds of propriety.

Eduardo, possessed of an effervescent and flambuoyant personality, was dissuaded by Coach Melvin from attended football try-outs and was redirected to the cheerleading squad.

by harry flashman August 19, 2003

goof

A mistake or to make a mistake.

Sorry, that was a goof...it was a real .357 magnum round, not a .38 blank, I goofed...you want a tourniquet for that?

by harry flashman July 21, 2003

laissez-faire

Fr. Either a term meaning a policy of non-interference in economics or meaning an indolent homosexual.

Pierre, an economic adviser to the finance minister was going to propose a laissez-faire approach to the recession but was such a laissez-faire that he never got around to it.

by harry flashman July 7, 2003