Octopod's definitions

towel snapping

Any kind of stereotypically male banter or sparring, verbal or otherwise; from the habit of boys in high schoo locker rooms snapping towels at each others' butts.

I used to watch the political towel-snapping on "The McLaughlin Group."

by octopod November 19, 2003

dhimmitude

Subordinate status of Chrisitans and Jews under traditional Muslim rule -- couldn't ride a horse, couldnt repair places of worship, etc. Today, the condition Chiraqistan and other Zeropean countries are sinking into.

Under Chirac, non-Muslim France is sinking into a state of total dhimmitude.

by octopod May 1, 2004

Dewey Cheatham & Howe

A legendary law firm.

What's the difference between a lawyer and a chicken?

A chicken clucks defiance.

by octopod January 24, 2004

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

contradiction

The opposite of argument. From a legendary Monty Python sketch.

That's not an argument, it's contradiction!
No it isn't!

by octopod November 9, 2003

witch's tit

A measure of temperature.

"it's colder than a witch's tit."

by octopod May 28, 2004

New York minute

Really fast, lickety-split; just ask me and I'll jump on it.

I can whip up some martinis in a New York minute.

by octopod December 6, 2003