D F Stuckey's definitions

can your granny sew?

A delicate way of telling someone you are about to perform an act of violence upon them, esp. the application of a Liverpool Kiss to the nose or the use of a Stanley knife. Follwed up by the action, then the use of the phrase " Then get THAT stitched!" Scottish traditional folk saying.

English man in pub;"Celtic Thistle are not doig well this year..."
Scot:"Oh Aye? Can your granny sew, mate?"

by D F Stuckey February 14, 2004

that's the way the cookie crumbles

Slang term, origin unknown from the 1920's in America. Used to underline a failure of an action, or dissapointment in reaching an undesired result, with the additional meaning that the result was not an unexpected one.

A:" Well, I asked Cindy out, and she told me to swallow my head . . "
B:"Hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles!"

by D F Stuckey May 26, 2004

ruffneck

1.A working class person, engaged in typically arduous manual labour.

2. A person, usually male, who has a violent and/or unpleasant kissing technique.

1." Harry is a ruffneck on an offshore drilling rig"

2."Steven is a real ruffneck - Tore out my damn extensions!"

by D F Stuckey February 18, 2004

waldo

Mechanical arm, operated by remote control by mimicking the motion of a human arm.

Term invented by Robert Heinlien in the novella of the same name.

The arm on the space shuttle is a waldo.

by D F Stuckey May 26, 2004

banana boy

Slang term for a male with a penis that is curved when erect. May be a natural exaggeration of the trend for the male member to curve in this state, an indication of damage to the spongiform tissues of the penis, or circulation problems in the penile blood vessels.

"Wendy is very happy with her new guy, cos hes a banana boy and it hits all the right places."

by D F Stuckey February 16, 2004

sk8er boi

Name of song by Avril Lavigne from the text version of "Skater erection".

Note that since Avril is Quebecois, she mixes the French word for wood into the phrase.

"Ooh, that guy on the red plank is so cute! I want some of his sk8er boi!"

by D F Stuckey May 12, 2004

shipstone

The act of a company taking over other companies, in order to grow larger. Secrecy about the takeover is implied but is not obvious or compulsory.

( Derived from the powerful Shipstone Corporation, which eventually owned Coca-Cola and 50% of all business on Earth in Robert Heinlien's novel "Friday"

"Gulf And Western shipstoned Paramount Pctures back in the eighties, then they sold it."

by D F Stuckey February 14, 2004