Octopod's definitions

popery

Old fashioned pejorative term for Catholicism, still in use in Northern Ireland.

"No Popery!" screamed the Rev. Paisley.

by octopod February 18, 2004

booner

Pejorative word for an African-American.

Buncha booners hangin' around by the barber shop.

by octopod June 27, 2004

kaffir

1. Arabic term meaning "infidel.' See kafir, kaafir. Plural kufaar, kaafirun.

2. Borrowed into Afrikaans and S. African English as insulting term for an African.

Under apartheid, the "kaffirs" had to live in locations.

by octopod July 11, 2004

Can

1. To give up on or desist from an activity.
2. To fire (an employee).
3. Buttocks; keester; butt; rump; gluteus maximus.
4. Jail; the slammer; hoosegow; calabozo; graybar motel; the jug.
5. Complete and on reserve, as of a film.

1. Can the tickling, kids, before someone starts to cry.
2. I thought the boss was going to give me a raise, but instead I got canned.
3. She had a can on her like the Queen of Bulgaria.
4. I got outta the can last week and yesterday I got busted again.
5. UPN has five episodes in the can, so don't worry about them.

by Octopod November 6, 2003

point of order

Fifties talk for "bullshit!"

"Point of order!" screamed the minority leader, frothing at the mouth.

by Octopod November 8, 2003

dirtback

Low-class, trailer trash fuckhead.

Goddam dirtback, your mangy pit bull shat on my lawn again!

by Octopod November 8, 2003

cuntchies

An overweening and uncontrollable urge to eat pussy; nostalgia for That Old Fish Smell. Compare cunt cheese.

I was watching Diane Sawyer and came down with a bad case of the cuntchies.

by octopod November 25, 2003