Definitions by Fizzle

pull all the stops

1. v. i. To go balls out, put forth a great effort.
2. v. i. To take a risk, go out on a limb.
Pipe organs have little plungers called stops which control the volume. When the stops are pushed all the way in, the sound is very quiet. When pulled all the way out, the sound is very loud.

She pulled all the stops and cooked me a delicious candlelit dinner. Then she pulled all the stops and asked me if I thought she looked fat in that dress.

pull all the stops by fizzle April 22, 2004

hit me on the hip 

Could mean calling someone on their cell phone, but could also mean calling someone's pager or two-way.

Most chicks have to call me at home, but I let her hit me on the hip.

hit me on the hip by fizzle April 17, 2004

evel knievel 

1. n. Trucker-speak for a motorcycle cop. See bear, smokey bear, bear report, county mounty, city kitty, local yokel.
2. Evel Knievel is a famous motorcycle-riding daredevil who has reportedly broken every bone in his body multiple times.

I got pulled over by an evel knievel.

evel knievel by fizzle April 15, 2004

city kitty

n. Trucker-speak for a local city cop. Same as a local yokel. See bear, smokey bear, bear report, county mounty, evel knievel.

I saw five city kitties today, behind on their quotas and watching me like a hawk.

city kitty by fizzle April 15, 2004

local yokel 

n. Trucker-speak for a local city cop. Same as a city kitty. See bear, smokey bear, bear report, county mounty, evel knievel.

I saw five local yokels today, behind on their quotas and watching me like a hawk.

Pretty soon, local yokels will be able to pull people over for not wearing a seat belt, instead of citing you for it after pulling you over for something else.

local yokel by fizzle April 15, 2004

deer-killer 

n. The brush guard that some rednecks like to put on the front grille of their off-road trucks.

I bought a new pickup truck and gave it some skid plates, nerf bars, a 12" lift kit, super swampers, and a deer-killer.

deer-killer by fizzle April 15, 2004

elephant in the room 

n. A very large issue that everyone is acutely aware of, but nobody wants to talk about. Perhaps a sore spot, perhaps politically incorrect, or perhaps a political hot potato, it's something that no one wants to touch with a ten foot pole. Sometimes pink elephant in the room.

The degeneration of parental responsibility in this country is the elephant in the room, but no one in Washington wants to address it.

elephant in the room by fizzle April 15, 2004