Harry Flashman's definitions

slope

A ratio of distance to rise, a grade or an angle.

We knew Curtis was off his medication when he ordered $500,000 worth of 21"X15" Bitumenous Coated Corregated Metal pipe Mitered End Sections with a 12:1 slope.

by harry flashman July 17, 2003

catshit

A mild interjection suggesting disappointment.

Catshit! My draft number is 14...I'm either getting a Rhodes scholarship or wearing a dress to my induction physical in Little Rock.

by harry flashman July 9, 2003

Serbia

One of the few non-collaborationist countries in the Balkans during World War II, offered stiff resistance to the Nazi's and paid a dear price for it.

Serbia lost its moral high ground over its neighbors after the break up of Yugoslavia.

by harry flashman July 25, 2003

pisser

A word used in mock earnest to indicate grave misfortune.

I read in the Boston Globe that Senator Kennedy has a prostate the size of a grapefruit...now ain't that a pisser!

by harry flashman August 1, 2003

nunya

What happens to misbehaving Catholic boys and girls in schools run by nuns.

Sister Agnes is gonna nunya for talking dirty.

by harry flashman July 10, 2003

Gurl

A Naval officer with the 1100 code in the General UnRestricted Line (GURL), doesn't have a warfare specialty, doesn't serve at sea and consequently attracts personnel who would otherwise have made a career in the postal service.

My JAG lawyer thought it was important to get a GURL on the courts-martial board so that I could get acquitted.

by harry flashman July 13, 2003

Mondo

A time-share condo.

Prunella went to Miami and stayed in her cousin's mondo.

by harry flashman September 18, 2003