Elsinore Sexton's definitions

trenchy

low- or dirty-minded

glancing at the idea that a person's mind is in a muddy trench, with connotations of both trench-foot and a degenerate's trench coat

When he said that a slip of the return key halfway through typing "milfoil" in an internet search would transform an invasive aquatic plant into a filthy acronym, his friend laughed and said, "Trenchy minds think alike!"

He replied, "Stop right now! I don't want to hear any jokes about olives, whales, sunflowers, safflowers, or corn."

by Elsinore Sexton June 19, 2011