4 definitions by Elemenopy Queuarestes
Waking up and realizing Donald Trump had just been elected President was a real octopus to the face.
by Elemenopy Queuarestes October 3, 2018
Automotive stunt where traction is broken and the car or motorcycle is spun 360 degrees, often repeatedly. Likely named for 19th century daredevil Steve Brodie.
Romeo starts his engine
And wipes the blood off the door
And he brodies through the signal
With the radio full blast
-Tom Waits
I'm down to the belts on my tires after turnin' Brodies at the sideshow.
And wipes the blood off the door
And he brodies through the signal
With the radio full blast
-Tom Waits
I'm down to the belts on my tires after turnin' Brodies at the sideshow.
by Elemenopy Queuarestes September 26, 2018
To have an ulterior motive, especially hidden behind a friendly demeanor. From a story attributed to Ben Franklin and later Charles Miner, in which a friendly stranger asks a youth for the use of a grindstone to sharpen his axe, but tricks the youth into doing all of the work.
by Elemenopy Queuarestes May 28, 2018
In the late 19th century a street corner vendor selling peanuts, fruit and other snacks. In the early 20th century a train-bound vendor of newspapers, snacks, gossip and travel tips.
He started as a peanut butcher but retired as a Pullman Porter.
Drink one to the fireman, one to the brakeman,
One to the engineer,
And one to the peanut butcher man
For comin’ back year after year.
-Bent Roses, The Peanut Butcher
Drink one to the fireman, one to the brakeman,
One to the engineer,
And one to the peanut butcher man
For comin’ back year after year.
-Bent Roses, The Peanut Butcher
by Elemenopy Queuarestes August 13, 2019