12 definitions by Old Radio Collector
Originally an urban contractaction for "...worth of gas", it has since come to mean a gas station that does not accept credit cards for "pay at the pump" transactions, you must go in to pay for it. Many (not all) woofa gas stations are cash only, no credit cards accepted at all. Most gas stations that accept credit cards allow you to pay at the pump. Most woofa gas stations are generic independents, not showing any brand name.
Original meaning: "Give me five bucks woofa gas."
Current meaning: "I can't get gas there - I don't have any cash on me and that place is woofa gas."
Current meaning: "I can't get gas there - I don't have any cash on me and that place is woofa gas."
by Old Radio Collector September 2, 2006
An old (but still common) style of a knob that is used mostly in industrial applications and guitar amplifiers. It looks like a long narrow triangle over a round skirt, and looking from the side it curves down at the point. From the side it resembles the head of a chicken.
by Old Radio Collector May 13, 2006
Contraction of fake and fireplace, so it looks like a fireplace but does not have the chimney, ability to burn logs, etc. They can be anything from extremely tacky and fake-looking (that fool nobody), all the way to ones that have gas logs and are vented and look pretty. They may or may not give off heat, but pretty much all of them are intended to give the illusion of burning logs and the reality is that they do not and cannot. This is different from a real fireplace with gas logs or other means because someone doesn't want the problems associated with starting wood fires, etc. A fakerplace is one that cannot burn wood.
I put a fakerplace in my new house, it needed something to brighten up the family room.
Rather than fix my chimney, I decided to make my fireplace a fakerplace instead.
If you see a fireplace in Florida you can pretty much count on it being a fakerplace.
Rather than fix my chimney, I decided to make my fireplace a fakerplace instead.
If you see a fireplace in Florida you can pretty much count on it being a fakerplace.
by Old Radio Collector August 20, 2011
A (usually) antique item, such as a clock, radio, sewing machine, spinning wheel, tool,car parts, etc, that may or may not work, kept strictly as a display item. More often than not the item does not work but the owner has no intention of repairing it, it just sits there.
If it is sometimes used and is not strictly a decoration it is NOT a shelf queen.
If it is sometimes used and is not strictly a decoration it is NOT a shelf queen.
"Did Joe ever get that Sparton Bluebird working?"
"No, it's just a shelf queen for his mantel. Thousands of dollars for a non-working radio, just for display!"
"No, it's just a shelf queen for his mantel. Thousands of dollars for a non-working radio, just for display!"
by Old Radio Collector November 21, 2006
Essentially the same as a geezer, but only in the American sense. An old and decrepit person, a clean version of "old fuck" or "old fart". Especially one who is cranky, eccentric or both. It is a derogatory term, but not horribly so. Unlike most similar terms it can apply to men or women; and elderly couple can be referred to as old fuds. Sometimes old fuds will even refer to themselves as old fuds, as if to say "I didn't die before I got old!"
Why is traffic so slow? It's that old fud with no place to go and all day to get there.
I got into a wreck with an old fud that shouldn't even be driving, can't see over the steering wheel.
For an old fud you move pretty well!
I got into a wreck with an old fud that shouldn't even be driving, can't see over the steering wheel.
For an old fud you move pretty well!
by Old Radio Collector June 30, 2013
To get rid of someone, usually by firing them or evicting them, or in some other way "show them the door" (and don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out!)
Typically used when they get rid of someone in a hurry as opposed to a long, drawn out legal process. Being forcibly removed from a job or home by the police or being ordered out.
Although the net effect is the same, this is substantially more abrupt and nasty than being terminated, evicted or separated from a job.
Typically used when they get rid of someone in a hurry as opposed to a long, drawn out legal process. Being forcibly removed from a job or home by the police or being ordered out.
Although the net effect is the same, this is substantially more abrupt and nasty than being terminated, evicted or separated from a job.
"I thought you were supposed to be at work?"
"I ruined a big job and they gave me the left foot of democracy."
I had a big party again last week; today when I came home from work all my things were outside and the locks were changed. The landlord gave me the left foot of democracy, but my rent was only 3 months overdue.
"I ruined a big job and they gave me the left foot of democracy."
I had a big party again last week; today when I came home from work all my things were outside and the locks were changed. The landlord gave me the left foot of democracy, but my rent was only 3 months overdue.
by Old Radio Collector December 20, 2009
A food item, all decked out with all the little goodies, deluxe style. Usually meaning vegetables, but not necessarily so. The opposite of plain. Frequently something that has been dragged through the garden has so much other stuff on it that the original or basic item is burried and lost. Sometimes used for a fast food "vegetarian" hamburger that consists of a bun, condiments and everything else - but no meat.
Usually used to mean adding all available items, especially with a hamburger, pizza or omelette. A hamburger with onion or a slice of tomato isn't dragged through the garden. A hamburger with tomatoes, lettuce, onions, mushrooms, olives, green peppers and sprouts is.
Usually used to mean adding all available items, especially with a hamburger, pizza or omelette. A hamburger with onion or a slice of tomato isn't dragged through the garden. A hamburger with tomatoes, lettuce, onions, mushrooms, olives, green peppers and sprouts is.
"You want cheese on that hamburger?"
"Give me cheese and drag through the garden!"
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I ordered a cheese omelette, but this is a drag through the garden special.
"Give me cheese and drag through the garden!"
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I ordered a cheese omelette, but this is a drag through the garden special.
by Old Radio Collector October 8, 2006