Octopod's definitions

mahu

Tahitian word for a male who assumes female roles in his daily life.

That mahu cooks and cleans.

by octopod August 19, 2004

rock paper scissors

Children's hand game of chance: scissors cuts paper, paper wraps rock, rock breaks scissors.

My turn! No, mine! Let's play rock paper scissors.

by octopod July 10, 2004

kicker dog

Any dog roughly the size of a football, such as a Chihauhua or Yorkshire Terrier.

I went to her house and she had three squirrely kicker dogs running around in the living room.

by octopod October 29, 2006

long floater

A lengthy turd that don't sink.

I shat such a long floater that the toilet almost cloggged.

by Octopod November 6, 2003

tooney

A Canadian two-dollar coin. See looney.

He gave me a coin, no bills. I said "What's this?" "A tooney." Damned clever, these frostbacks.

by octopod November 23, 2003

stuffed shirt

A wealthy, self-important, overly formal type; a fellow with a stick up his arse. A pompous ass.

"Have your heard? Cholmondely is in love with a horse!"
"Do tell! Is it a mare or a stallion?"
"Oh, a mare, of course. Nothing queer about Cholmondely!"

by octopod February 24, 2004

hoi polloi

Namby-pamby phrase for the masses, or the great unwashed. Fr. Ancient Greek "the many." Saying "the hoi polloi" is an ineffictive attempt at literary snobbery

We read The Atlantic; hoi polloi read People.

by octopod June 12, 2004