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Definitions by Uncle Dimma

thinking cap 

another synonym for a person's brain
use your thinking cap first, before doing something retargerous

to get the monkey off your back 

to silence one's either personal or media critics
if you are going to survive in the entertainment business you'd have to learn how to get the monkey off your back.

joy drunk 

drunk like behavior displayed by non-drunk people who are so overjoyed about whatever it is they temporarily can't control themselves, and therefore can't behave according to socially prescribed norms.
the only time people are probably allowed to be joy drunk is either right after the birth of their child or when the heir to a royal family is born.
joy drunk by Uncle Dimma May 2, 2015

etchy-stretchy

philosophically or scientifically controversial
concepts such as 'Normal', with a philosophical capital N, are supposed to be etchy-stretchy. I specifically excluded political science and the other social sciences from the definition of etchy-stretchy because they create political controversy tainted with propaganda and mediapocricy
etchy-stretchy by Uncle Dimma April 29, 2015

pull the hippo out of the mud 

when at a restaurant with a group of friends, you have to pay the entire bill for everyone that's part of your party
it`s hard work to pull the hippo out of the mud, especially when you are on a shoe-string budget

kiss me baby one more time 

a) the name of an old song by Britney Spears
b) new and improved phrase: please be kind enough to give me a second chance, since i know i screwed up
boy:Jess, please, kiss me baby one more time; i know i screwed up and am willing to improve
Jess: hell no! you don't know how to kiss or hug a girl.
(a combination of the words female and cub):

a) A female version of a cub

b) The daughter of a cougar that will one day become a cougar herself
If your mother is a cougar it doesn't mean you will automatically be a feub as in definition b) above
feub by Uncle Dimma April 23, 2015