CORNHOLIO's definitions

shlemiel

A sad sack, a loser, a poor slob; from the Yiddish and German. "A shlemiel drops it; a shlemazel picks it up."

He made a living playing a shlemiel on TV.

by cornholio October 4, 2003

Cookie-pusher

Effete, unmasculine person with pretensions to social status; pejorative for a diplomat.

I went to a party in Georgetown with a bunch of cookie-pushers; some of them even were speaking in French. Time to leave town!

by Cornholio October 28, 2003

rummy

George W. Bush's first Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld.

Then Rummy said, "Throw another terrorist on the fire!"

by cornholio October 13, 2003

no-nuts

Letterally, a male with no testicles; metaphorically, a chicken-shit little motherfucker

That little no-nuts was one of the ten dwarves vying for the Presidency

by cornholio October 16, 2003

vai tomar no cu

Brazilian for "take it up the ass" meaning "fuck you" in the general non-sexual sense.

"Vai tomar no cu" he said to the Mother Superior as he hightailed to the street, dressed only an a wimple.

by cornholio October 11, 2003

speaking in tongues

Religious practice among Pentecostalists and charismatics involving speaking in what sound like other languages or "spiritual language"

I arrived in church late, and the whole congregation was speaking in tongues. I couldn't understand a damned thing, but it was impressive

by cornholio October 11, 2003

Icky

East Coast equivalent of yucky

Her navel lint was icky.

by cornholio October 14, 2003