Octopod's definitions

cornuto

Cuckold, literally one who has "horns," the Latin symbol of cuckoldry. From the Italian.

Cornuto, get your stinkin' Fiat out of the intersection.

by octopod December 26, 2003

shtick

A bit from a comedy or other showbiz routine; by extension, any person's idiosyncratic performance. From Yiddish "shtick" = Ger. "stuck", meaning "piece."

I asked him for me $20 back, and he went into his usual shtick -- something about losing at pinochle.

by octopod January 23, 2004

ass from first base

A hyperbolic distinction that only a blithering idiot could not make. Also ass from a hole in the ground, shit from shinola, can't fight his way out of a paper bag, dumb as a rock.

When it comes to installing drywall, I don't know my ass from first base.

by octopod November 12, 2003

bilge bunny

Some one truly low and disgusting.

There comes Sheila! She's a true bilge bunny!

by octopod November 9, 2003

graybar hotel

Jail; hoosegow; the can; the jug; the calabozo; the slammer. A school of crime where you can get free medical care from Vietnames quacks and get ass-fucked as often as you like, or more. Also graybar motel.

I kited some checks, so they sent me on a three-month vacation at the graybar hotel.

by Octopod November 6, 2003

up shit's creek in a barbed-wire canoe

In serious trouble. Typically Australian version of "up the creek without a paddle."

When I reached for my credit card and found it was gone, I understood I was up shit's creek in a barbed-wire canoe.

by octopod August 25, 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