Nco's definitions

attaché case

1a: A small case usually for carrying papers.
1b: A soft-leather or flexible envelope.

2: A legal proceeding involving an attache, attaché

The razzy pornographer put his pictures in a new attache case and walked across the street to catch a hack bus but what hit by a dragster first.

by Nco November 23, 2003

tachistoscope

see t-scope

The Tachistoscope was loaded with slides of various Kanji ideographs, in colors that coordinated to the feelings they conveyed.

by Nco November 17, 2003

bus

noun
1: A large vehicle for public tranportation-- capable of sitting 50-150 persons.

<i> Get on the short bus</i>
short bus1: US, 1980s-- a bus fitted with handicapped ramps, elvators, and special seats.
short bus 2: A place for retarded persons, those mentally challenged. A ride for social rejects. "Get on the short bus, you idiot."

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ADJECTIVE:
Bus
1: The clear a table. To bus a table.
busserbusboy: The server's assistant is a busser.

The busboy liked to play with the spent bones of the rich people. He could cuddle the rib bones, fondle the chicken cages and pretend that he knew his customers by the attention they gave to their food.

by Nco November 23, 2003

dick flick

Function: noun
Etymology: West Coast slang; opposite of chick flick; 1985
Dick-flick

1: A movie consisting of mostly ethno-male elements, action, saving a woman, revenge for a dead family, etc. The movie usually has back story in which the protagonist is told to be highly specialized, elite, commando, a seer with muscles, he-man, special forces, etc.
2: Any medium (literature, film, ) that is overtly masculine. A Charles Bukowski poem with drunks wooing hookers.
3.) Using the penis as a slingshot, post-ejaculation.
4.) A homosexual movie.

here was no way that John’s date was going to watch a dick flick with him.

by Nco November 17, 2003

Over Achiever

1: A person who is motivated by their ideals. An intra-competitive person often marked by abandoning that which hinders their ideals.
2: One who strives for various degrees of near perfection.
3: Someone that desires more than is needed.

The over-achiever would not get married until she found the perfect father for her future babies. She died alone in her early fifties.

by Nco November 17, 2003

Jigger

M-W for balance.
*interesting use for UK (above)

Main Entry: 1jig·ger
Pronunciation: 'ji-g&r
Function: noun
Date: 1675
1 : one that jigs or operates a jig
2 : any of several sails
3 : JIG 3a
4 a (1) : a mechanical device usually with a jerky reciprocating motion (2) : a mold or a machine incorporating a revolving mold on which ceramic items (as plates) are formed b : GADGET, DOODAD
5 : a measure used in mixing drinks that usually holds 1 to 2 ounces (30 to 60 milliliters)

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3 entries found for jigger.
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jigger1,nounjigger2,nounjigger3,verb

Main Entry: 2jigger
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps from Wolof jiga insect
Date: 1781
: CHIGGER

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Main Entry: 3jigger
Function: verb
Etymology: frequentative of 2jig
Date: 1867
intransitive senses : to jerk up and down
transitive senses : to alter or rearrange especially by manipulating <jigger an election district>

The bartenders in Vegas don't use a jigger-- they just push a button and hold out their hands for some help.

by Nco November 23, 2003

Aleph

1: The place where all points of the universe come together.

Etymology:: JL BORGES, The Aleph, 1942.

2: the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymology: Hebrew Aleph, probably from eleph ox
Date: 14th century

Borges admits that he found an aleph on the 19th step of the basement. It helped him write better.

by Nco November 16, 2003