Stop the Pendulum's definitions

TWA

Trouble With Authority. Said of a chronically rebellious person.

This kid is said to have ODD, or Oppositional Defiant Disorder. That's just a fancy-schmancy way of saying the brat has TWA!

by Stop the Pendulum November 22, 2006

hissy fit

a prolonged outburst of hissing by a cat.

Tweety, my late calico cat, constantly hissed at the other cats in the house. We called her Madame Hissy Fit as a result.

by Stop the pendulum April 3, 2006

on the square

Honestly; seriously; not joking.

On the square, I think you ought to get yourself a pet if you're so lonely.

by Stop the Pendulum September 5, 2005

conscience

A sense of right and wrong, something neocons right-wing republicans, and other garden variety sociopaths do not have.

You have to check your conscience at the door to work for the White House nowadays, simply because the Bush administration doesn't have one.

by Stop the pendulum April 8, 2006

I hit lefty, but only in baseball

A metaphorical way of a telling a gay or lesbian you are straight and have no desire or capacity for a same-sex hookup.
You tell a bi I switch hit, but only in baseball.

At the batting cage....
Lesbian standing outside cage: I just LOOOVEE the way you swing the bat left-handed. Can you hit lefty with me?
Me: Hell, no! I hit lefty, but only in baseball! I I throw righty.

by Stop the Pendulum April 25, 2006