For Whom the Bell Trolls's definitions

Eating by proxy

When you order a healthy or low-calorie item in order to give the appearance of sticking to a healthy eating pattern, then load it up with fattening ingredients in order to make it taste better or delude yourself into believing that the proxy food is still healthy. Gives the outward appearance of a healthy choice, when in reality it has as many calories and as much fat as the not-so-healthy meal that you really wanted in the first place.

Jordan is on a diet, so she ordered a salad. However, she really wanted a hamburger. So, she ordered the salad in order to look like she's sticking to her diet, but then she topped it with lots of cheese, bacon and ranch dressing. Now her salad has as many calories as the burger that she really wanted in the first place. Her friends praise her for sticking to her diet by ordering the salad, not taking into account that all the extras have put that salad into fat-bomb category. Jordan is 'eating by proxy', whereby the salad is the 'proxy' for the 'fattening' hamburger.

by For Whom the Bell Trolls June 21, 2013

feather not dot

An American Indian or Native American, as opposed to a person from India.

Ms. Mantooth is an American Indian-- feather not dot

by For Whom the Bell Trolls May 27, 2009

rat

A fart, especially a rippingly loud and long one. So called because of the sound... "RRRRRRRAT!!"

I ate beans and rice for dinner last night and now I've been cutting rats all day.

"I just heard you rip a rat right then, you nasty bastard!"

by For Whom the Bell Trolls February 7, 2009

sea booger

A soft-bodied marine animal, usually a mollusk such as a snail, clam, oyster or mussel. So called because in their live or raw state they resemble a glob of mucus in appearance and/or texture.

Carrie: Care for an oyster, sweetie? They're supposed to be an aphrodisiac.

Josh: I'll pass-- no sea boogers for me!

Wayne, in restaurant: What is the soup of the day?
Waitress: Today's soup is New England clam chowder.
Wayne: Oh, ick-- sea booger soup. I just lost my appetite.

by For Whom the Bell Trolls November 20, 2009

cigarette tree

A marijuana plant

Bill: Hey dude, I got some baby plants off that batch of seeds I ordered from Amsterdam-- think we could hide some crop in with your parents' tomatoes?

Wayne: DUUUUDE, No effin' way! My mom would crap a brick if she found a bunch of cigarette trees in her garden!

by For Whom the Bell Trolls April 23, 2009

Fajita Flu

Another name for H1N1 flu, or swine flu. So called because of its alleged origins in Mexico.

Bill: Hey, aren't you going to the concert tonight?
Wayne: Na, man... I caught that damn Fajita Flu and I'm sick as hell.
Bill: Go get some Tamiflu. You'll feel better soon
Wayne: Na, man... they're only giving that to illegals on medicaid and their 9 anchor babies.

by For Whom the Bell Trolls October 10, 2009

Deconomy

1. A depressed economy, whether at a personal or national level.
2. The cost-cutting measures taken by a person who is unemployed or underemployed, such as buying cheaper gas or eating at home instead of in restaurants, verb: deconomize
3. Being laid off or having one's income reduced, being 'deconomized', or the act of reducing a labor force through layoffs, plant closures and other draconic cost-cutting measures as a means of saving corporate money

Joe: Hey, how's your job search going?
Schmo: Terrible. No one's hiring in this deconomy

Joe: So how are you holding up financially?
Schmo: We've had to deconomize. We quit eating out and now I put cheap gas in my car. Man, it's been tough ever since XYZ deconomized its entire manufacturing division. Guess they wouldn't have been able to pay the huge CEO bonuses otherwise.

by For Whom the Bell Trolls August 18, 2010