Definitions by chonk cat

cheese grater 

A Mac Pro or Power Mac G5, so-called because the front of the computer has holes and a handle that make it look like a cheese grater.

I booted up the cheese grater and started Firefox.

cheese grater by chonk cat January 18, 2013

the f dash dash dash word 

The word fuck, as used in A Christmas Story.

Oh fudge! Only I didn't say fudge. I said THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the f dash dash dash word.

the f dash dash dash word by chonk cat December 30, 2011

reverse plumbing 

When the hot pipe is connected to the cold side of a sink or shower and the cold pipe is connected to the hot side, making it so when you turn the hot knob you get cold water and when you turn the cold knob you get hot water.

I had the hot water knob on for five minutes and it still didn't warm up. It was then that I realized that the sink had reverse plumbing.

reverse plumbing by chonk cat December 17, 2011

fuzzy slippers 

Ice cream that has melted and been re-frozen.

I found some ice cream in the freezer but it was fuzzy slippers.

fuzzy slippers by chonk cat January 7, 2011

run off

To make a photocopy of something

Can you run off a couple of copies of that worksheet?

run off by chonk cat April 24, 2010

sin tax

A sin tax is a tax beyond normal sales tax on certain items that are thought to be harmful. The most common example is the tax on tobacco. The tax on gasoline and inefficient/polluting motor vehicles is another example. Sin taxes exist to drive up the cost of and therefore reduce the use of harmful products such as gasoline and tobacco.

The new sin tax on tobacco is forcing some people to quit.

sin tax by chonk cat May 14, 2009

tirequills 

The small rubber protrusions found on new tires.

I could tell my friend had new tires because they still had their tirequills.

tirequills by chonk cat March 15, 2009