Luddz's definitions

Kangaroo Court

A kangaroo court is one not following established legal principles and procedures. Some groups off prisoners, for example, try their fellows and occasionally enforce arbitrary, cruel, and/or perverted punishments. In the West a comic show may be made of a kangaroo court, with "dudes" or others being tried for trivial or imaginary offenses. An authorized court may be called a kangaroo court if its procedures are highhanded, irresponsible, and of doubtful legality:.

Lynching was often preceded by trials in kangaroo courts.

by Luddz July 24, 2015

beamish

A delightful word, to describe people or faces bright with good cheer, forthrightness, optimism, or the like.

When she walked into the meeting, we all noticed how beamish her faces was. It was then that we knew she had beat her rival out of the promotion.

by Luddz June 29, 2015

cheap trick

A gimmick that deceives the wits by using specious devices; perhaps catering to the stupidity or base desires of those falling prey to such a deception.

"That was a cheap trick you pulled on my last weekend!"

by Luddz September 20, 2015

dabster

A person who dabbles with a task (or anything else) but is not highly proficient at it and does not devote much time to it.

Both Churchill and Eisenhower were dabsters in painting.

by Luddz June 6, 2015

earwitness

Someone who hears but does not see an event

The earwitness, the said that she heard the "couple having sex", when in all actuality they had gotten back from a long late-ate-nite jog

by Luddz July 20, 2015

borrowed light

If you are in a room with no windows or other direct sources of light, and if light enters from an adjoining lighted room, the indirect illumination is borrowed light.

We worked in the library and had only the borrowed light from the adjacent room to work with that night.

by Luddz July 12, 2015

Tulips on the organ

A beautiful arrangement.

She put tulips on the organ

by Luddz February 1, 2015