Retromingent

Urinating backwards. Also an animal such as a raccoon that urinates backwards. From the Latin retro- (back) + mingent from mingere (to urinate).

"You have revealed yourself as a miserable, carping, retromingent vigilante, and I for one am sick of wasting my time communicating with you" (Benjamin C. Bradlee, Editor, The Washington Post).

by creedmoor December 28, 2005

Mama Luke

Loser. Bum. Italian term made popular in Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull."

Jake: "Look how they're making me look. Like the Mama Luke of the year!"

by creedmoor June 11, 2006

Balls Hit the Water

As men get older, what happens when they go to the bathroom

"Hey, Gramps. Do your balls hit the water when you take a shit?

by creedmoor May 06, 2006

Pulling a Sammy

The showbiz art of upstaging someone. It began when it was Sammy Davis, Jr.'s turn to move down on Johnny Carson's couch to make room for the next guest. WHen that guest said something funny, Sammy would react by laughing loudly, slapping his knee and falling to the floor. The audience would then begin laughing at Sammy and not the guest.

Next to the Candy Man, no one was better at "pulling a Sammy" than Milton Berle.

by creedmoor August 14, 2006

cockamamie

Adj.: Crazy, Off-kilter. A word you use when you can't think of the proper terminology.

"This cockamamie washing machine never works properly."

by creedmoor October 11, 2004

Pinners

A poor-man's version of alley baseball usually played with two people. One player bounces a ball on the ground and against a wall. It is up to the other player to catch the ball. If he catches it, the pitcher is out. Runs are determined by how far the ball flies without it being caught.

"After camp today do you want to go behing the supermarket and play pinners?"

by creedmoor October 13, 2004

fishstick

Schoolyard terminology for a tampon.

"Hey, Sally. You got any fishsticks in you purse?"

by creedmoor October 11, 2004