Carl Davidson's definitions

Duelling Peacocks

When two men joust for top sartorial spot using their wardrobes as objects to challenge each other

Who's the new guy?
Oh, that's Brian - he's challenging the boss for top sartyr.
What do you mean?

Check out the duds - he's trying to outdo the boss.
Who's gonna win.
Dunno, but there will be blood when there's duelling peacocks in the office...

by Carl Davidson August 21, 2013

Perkatory

That excruciating time in the morning while you wait until your coffee has brewed

Man, I was so hung over, I was in perkatory until that first cuppa java was ready

by Carl Davidson July 22, 2020

Stress-baking

Baking at home to relieve the stress of coronavirus isolation.

Charlie had become a an accomplished stress-baking champion during his isolation at home during the coronavirus outbreak, in order to take his mind off the pandemic.

by Carl Davidson April 2, 2020

Crack o' Dawn

Dawn's crack - a special place; Also, early sunrise (similar to 'zero dark thirty' in military slang).

1. That woman's pie is some mighty fine – I love the crack o' dawn. 2. People, we'll be on the objective by crack o' dawn!

by Carl Davidson July 22, 2020

Scootski

Fun-loving builders who drop personal watercraft shells onto their scooters, eating a hybrid mode of transportation that turns heads and evokes a water-borne sense style onto city streets. See story on jalopnik site for more details.

Nick Stemple dropped an old Kawasaki Jet Ski shell onto a Suzuki 650 scooter to invent the new hybrid Scootski

by Carl Davidson March 4, 2021

Covitch

1. Severe itching caused from the virus, or imagined thereof, usually around the anus

Man, ever since I went to that illegal backyard party during lockdown, I've had the worst covitch in my ass – I think I got the virus

by Carl Davidson May 13, 2020

Lurky Torontonian

A Toronto-specific word, as in when Torontonians stand around idly on their porches, sidewalks, tiny lawns, etc. and eyeball others who may not be like them, and when a non-Torontonian is suspected, squint their beady eyes and scrunch their weasel noses and point and open their mouths to utter an inaudible to humans scream – to alert other lurky Torontonians that someone unlike them is near; similar to the Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

I was passing through Riverdale last week when I noticed several lurky Torontonians staring at me, and when I paused, they all pointed and opened their mouths to utter some kind of weird noise.

by Carl Davidson November 26, 2019