remoras

A person's remoras are a personal retinue of sycophants that maintain the fragile esteem of an important person and bask in that person's reflected glory. They do not serve some instrumental purpose. such as bodyguards or assistants, but are merely a mobile personal cheering squad.

You can always expect that stars and media celebrities with have their remoras in tow.

by Duckbutt April 27, 2006

clusterfuck trifecta

This is the perfect storm of government, in which there is simultaneous failure of all three levels of government: local, state, and federal.

The handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans was a clusterfuck trifecta par excellence.

by Duckbutt July 26, 2006

screw the pooch

This expression means to make a catastrophic error or failure.

Watch him screw the pooch at the last minute and the deal fall through.

by Duckbutt January 29, 2006

Beta dog dance

An occasion where non-alpha males attempt to act more dominant than they are.

Jack's assessment of the Fraternal Order of Fowls meeting: a beta dog dance for middle management aspirants.

by Duckbutt December 27, 2003

king cake

The traditional Mardi Gras circular cake: festively iced with purple, gold, and green frosting. A small bean or plastic doll baby is inserted somewhere in each one. The one who gets this has to provide the king cake next year.

We had the traditional New Orleans king cake. As, as is tradition, it was not very good this year, either. Still, it's a reminder of New Orleans: the best damned city in the country. Even though it's down now, it will come back, so hang loose and let the good times roll.

by Duckbutt February 27, 2006

PITA syndrome

The PITA syndrome refers to a person consistently being a pain in the ass to other people. This term is occasionally used by psychologists to refer to a pattern of being consistently annoying or unpleasant.

Bill went through life consistently manifesting the PITA syndrome.

by Duckbutt September 10, 2004