Definitions by JavaJaneOhio
sissy terms
explaining something in simple terms for uninitiated persons, especially highly technical information put into terms even a child would understand. Making tech talk understandable by the masses.
sissy terms by JavaJaneOhio September 26, 2011
Toth factor
The loss of real estate value caused by a bad, sloppy or lazy neighbor, as compared to comparable homes in the neighborhood that don't abut the bad neighbor. The difference in resale value between a home with good neighbors and a similar one with a bad neighbor.
My nasty neighbors next door kept bothering prospective buyers during showings, so I ended up selling for 20% less than the appraised value. The toth factor cost me thousands!
Toth factor by JavaJaneOhio April 16, 2011
add-on child
A child born to keep another child from being an only child or to provide transplantable parts for an older child, especially one who would not have been conceived otherwise.
In Jodi Picoult's novel My Sister's Keeper, Anna Fitzgerald, the daughter conceived to provide bone marrow and a kidney transplant to her terminally-ill older sister Kate, is the add-on child of the family.
add-on child by JavaJaneOhio December 9, 2010
mocktail
A non-alcoholic kids' beverage made to look and taste like a cocktail and marketed specifically to children, often with names like Green Grasshopper (green grenadine and soda water), Shirley Temple (sweet soda), Mocktini (lemon-lime soda with a marachino cherry), Mockmo (cranberry juice and soda water), Hattie (ginger ale and a cherry), etc.
mocktail by JavaJaneOhio December 9, 2010
winnow
verb
to remove people you are no longer friends with from your Facebook or other social media friends list.
to remove people you are no longer friends with from your Facebook or other social media friends list.
winnow by JavaJaneOhio December 3, 2010
peemergency
peemergency by JavaJaneOhio December 2, 2010