tomte's definitions

kaching

The sweet sound of cash. Usually associated with making (or spending) a windfall.

Etymology: from the sound an old-fashioned cash register makes when the cash drawer slides open.

I'm playing the ponies with my Social Security check. Kaching!

by tomte May 19, 2004

brouhaha

Uproar, hubbub, general noise and confusion.

Aged butler: What's all this brouhaha?
Nick Danger: Brouhaha? Hahaha.
Aged butler: Hahahaha...
Nick Danger: HAHAHAHAHAHA...
Aged butler: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
*SLAM*
Nick Danger: Wait... wait a minute!

from the album "How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All" by The Firesign Theater

by tomte May 19, 2004

Looney

The Canadian Aureate $1 coin, so named because of the Common Loon engraved on the reverse side (not, as sometimes reported, because of the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse).

The use of the word "Looney" to refer to the dollar coin is quite prevalent in Canada. Canadian dollar stores are quite often called Looney-Twoney stores, for example.

You can't use Looneys to pay bridge tolls in the U.S., more's the pity

by tomte October 31, 2007

twoney

A Canadian $2 coin. See also Looney.

Bridge toll; anyone got a twoney?

by tomte May 19, 2004

Foolano

A random person of questionable intelligence; dolt or moron.

Etymology: Derived from Spanish word Fulano, a generic proper noun roughly translated as "what's his name."

We would've made it out with the goods if Foolano here hadn't tripped the security system.

by tomte June 3, 2004

dimstisfied

The state of being hopelessly bewildered and highly amused at the same time. Other forms include dimstisfy (v.), dimstisfying (adj.), dimstisfies (v.), dimstisfication (n.), etc.

Etymology: Derived from an Engrish business reply card from Korea, which offered three levels of "satisfaction with this product": Satisfied, Natural (Neutral) , and Dimstisfied (Dissatisfied).

Have you been out to wingmusic.co.nz? I am completely dimstisfied by that woman's voice.

by tomte May 18, 2004

preppy pause

A phenomenon of early '80s New Wave dance music (supposedly attractive to preppies of the era), where the song is interrupted by a moment or two of silence.

The Howard Jones song "Welcome to Conditioning" has a preppy pause.

by Tomte November 16, 2005