Tom from the Shore's definitions

Australian rocket scientist

A manual laborer, expecially one involved in digging, excavation. So called because the Australians are known as "diggers" and regarded as being rather dense.

He was digging a ditch, a regular Australian rocket scientist!

by Tom from the Shore November 10, 2007

Guinzoid

A derogatory term for Italians, drawn from the word "guinea."

Things were okay until those spaghettie-bending guinzoids started coming around here.

by Tom from the Shore November 9, 2007

Australian Think Tank

Psychiatric ward. So called because Australians have a reputation for being goofballs.

Babs had a bout of depression and spent a week in the Australian Think Tank

by Tom from the Shore November 8, 2007

Australian College

A tavern or bar room or cheap gin mill. This is due to the fact that Australians are known for excessive drinking and spending too much time in gin mills.

Joe is over at Australian College getting his load on.

The only education he got was sitting on a bar stool in Australian college.

by Tom from the Shore April 2, 2008

Australian rocket science

Manual labor, especially any kind of digging. So called because Australians are also known as "diggers" and the implication that they are not very smart.

If you do not finish high school, you will end up doing Australian rocket science for a living.

by Tom from the Shore November 10, 2007

H.O.

1) A specific type of model electric train. Known both as H.O. scale and H.O. gauge. The letters come from "Half-O", since H.O. was originally half the size of an O gauge train. The scale of H.O. is 1/67, and its gauge is 16.5mm. H.O. trains are the most popular size in the world.

2) the scale of H.O. trains, which is 1/87. It can eb applied to trains, minitaure figures, or model kits.

1) Jimmy has a set of H.O. trains running in his basement.

The Hobby Shop carries H.O. trains

2) Are those model plains 1/72 or H.O. scale?

This diorama is done to a precise H.O. scale.

by Tom from the Shore December 12, 2007

High angle primers

Field artillery slang. High angle primers are a nonexistent item that is used to trick rookies. Often used to send unsuspecting rookies on a wild goose chase.(Regular artillery primers work at low and high angles, so there is no high-angle version of them).

"Go down to the motor pool and ask Sergeant Williams for some high angle primers."

by Tom from the Shore November 19, 2007