MAC-Gyver's definitions

Ray-Ban Bandit

1) American military slang for adolescent hit-and-run thieves in occupied countries who grab anything not well-secured or well-guarded. The most common item stolen are soldier's sunglasses (like Ray-Bans and Gargoyles, thus the term.
By extension, the term is also used for adolescent refugees and beggars.

"The locals have a trick where they leave a string of Ray-Ban Bandits by the convoy routes to beg for food or steal anything that falls off the trucks. Then they beat the poor starving bastards and take the stuff away from them so they can sell it on the black market..."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

raccoon tan

A slang term for the pale parts of a person's face left by sunglasses, goggles or facemasks when the person has been sunburned or tanned by being out in the direct sun for long periods of time. So-called from the person's facial resemblance to the black 'mask' pattern of a raccoon.

After climbing to the top of the mesa, Jan took off his glasses to clean them and was puzzled by Jane and Louis' howls of laughter. Although his face was burnt a deep brown by their day-long trek in the desert, his pallid eye-sockets underneath revealed a nasty raccoon tan.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

white-pants

A derogatory term for an underage girl. Derived from the white cotton underpants worn by girls too young to buy their own lingerie.

"Man, avoid that Tiffany chick. She may look old enough but she's nothing but a white-pants jailbait DT punchcard.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

fawney

Slang for a ring. Derived from the feudal ritual in which supplicants and inferiors would kiss a lord's ring when 'fawning' or 'kissing up' to him.

"That's a flash fawney, Jimmy. It would be a shame ef I had tae break the finger af to get it. Now 'and it over like a good chap and ye'll come to no 'arm."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

All hat and no cattle

A slang phrase from the Southwestern United States, indicating a person is more image or projection than actual substance.
It is probably derived from the region's contempt for people who are not cowboys or ranchers but who try to mimic the frontiersman image through superficial adoption of the region's folkways.

President Bush's new tax plan is supposed to help the struggling middle class and revitalize the stock market. However, closer analysis reveals that he's just all hat and no cattle.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

jailbait

1) An underage girl. From the punishment for statutory rape (i.e., consensual sex with a minor or mental defective being considered technically illegal if not in poor taste) being a felony charge that carries prison time.
2) A juvenile delinquent or repeat offender, from their taste for getting into trouble, their constant trips to prison, and the fate of the silly bastards when they get there.

1) The rule with jailbait is that 16 will get you 20.
2) "Jake got sent up for dealing crack to schoolkids again? Man, that dumbass jailbait thrustbucket must like prison food and free orange jumpsuits."

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003

sotto voce

From the Italian, meaning 'low voice'. To speak quietly out of the corner of your mouth so that the subject of your speech can't hear your insult or know that you are speaking.

"Oh, what a beautiful creature your daughter is", said Mrs. Mulroy saccarinely to Mrs. Katz at the Bat-mitzvah.
"Too bad the zoo can't identify what kind of creature she is", Mrs. Jackson said sotto voce to Mrs. Mulroy as they plastered wide smiles on their faces.

by MAC-Gyver May 27, 2003