Harry flashman's definitions

welshman

The only race in the British Isles possessed of a full set of teeth and chromosomes.

You can tell an Englishman from a Welshman by his poorer dentition and narrower set eyes.

by harry flashman July 12, 2003

Spiffed

To be decked out in your finest clothing and groomed to perfection.

Bubba, you're looking spiffed in that Burger King uniform and that bacon grease really makes your hair lie flat...are you going to the bowling alley tonight?

by harry flashman July 16, 2003

shrinkage

A phrase in inventory control that accounts for employee and customer theft.

The reason stuff costs so much in convenience stores is shrinkage.

by harry flashman July 10, 2003

weight nazi

A physical fitness fanatic in the military who believes that six-pack abs, blond hair, blue eyes, Teutonic good looks, and 12% bodyfat will ensure his suvival in combat, his promotion in peacetime and a place in Valhalla in the afterlife; everyone else who doesn't look like a recruiting posterboy should have been a candidate for prenatal eugenics.

Hey, Master Chief...you might want to take the long way to building 501...there's a weight nazi hiding in the bushes a block up ambushing sailors with a tape....it's that same shitweasel who is pushing to switch the whole PRT system to metric!

by harry flashman July 10, 2003

mumbo

To speak without clarity.

I listened to Bubba mumbo 'bout traffic jams, gettin' pulled over for speeding and hitting a deer but dammit the pizza weren't only cold...he ate everthang but the crust.

by harry flashman July 30, 2003

SORTS

A nightmarish, coded, machine-read Naval message that is supposed to be a real-time methodology for reporting overall operational readiness to a vindictive and hateful computer in Washington D.C. that seizes upon a single minute error and then flames your commanding officer who then shits in your garrison hat.

I'd rather be in charge of the Combined Federal Campaign at the Norfolk Naval Brig and have a bleeding prostate the size of grapefruit than be the SORTS officer.

by harry flashman July 10, 2003

suction

Having the quality of sucking.

Thank you so much, Ferndock, for your input...management values worker innovation, your idea has suction.

by harry flashman July 24, 2003