Octopod's definitions

wog

Non-English person, especially if swarthy or darker. Most often used for (former) colonials.

"Wogs begin at Calais."

by octopod May 22, 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

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

phone it in

Perform an act in a perfunctory, uncommitted fashion, as if it didn't matter.

She sang the National Anthem, but she was just phoning it in as far as I could tell.

by octopod November 8, 2003

prune face

The pompous gigolo John Kerry, noted for his wrinkly, albeit botoxed features.

The French looking prune face picked the Breck Girl as his running mate.

by octopod July 6, 2004

Don't try this at home

Anything that's fun or dangerous, from the lawyer warnings on TV commercials. See professional driver on closed course.

Look, he's skateboarding on top of a 767!

Don't try this at home.

by octopod July 11, 2004

phd

An automatic camera.

Push here, dummy!

by Octopod November 9, 2003