Chuck Hastings's definitions

honcho

A person in charge of some group or of some function, usually a male person. A Japanese word, often mistakenly thought to be of Spanish origin. In Japanese it's a term for a small-time yakuza gangster in charge of just a few underlings, but the underworld flavor has mostly been lost as the word has been adopted into English.

He quickly got promoted to be the head marketing honcho in that dot.com startup.

by Chuck Hastings June 29, 2003

yowie

An anthropoid reported from the New South Wales area of Australia, similar to the Pacific Northwest bigfoot/sasquatch and to creatures reported from many regions of Asia.

I saw a yowie down by the river, but after I went and got my camera he was gone.

by Chuck Hastings June 28, 2003

gonif

A Hebrew/Yiddish word, often used (and spelled various ways) in English; particularly used in southern California. There is no exact English equivalent word; `operator' is maybe the closest. A gonif operates on the shadowy borders of illegality and/or impropriety, and gets away with it, and is not quite an outright crook. The word seems to combine proper moral disapproval with sneaking admiration. Reference: 'The Joys of Yiddish,' by Leo Rosten.

Seymour was an accomplished and clever gonif. He could con birds out of trees, and could figure out how to game any bureaucratic system within a few minutes.

by Chuck Hastings June 29, 2003

scrunch

To simultaneously Squeeze and CRUNCH.

The classic problem of trying to scrunch twenty-eight poinds of
shit into a twenty-seven-pound basket.

by Chuck Hastings June 28, 2003