Harry Flashman's definitions

mudshovel

A person who will eat anything.

Bubba's a mudshovel...I seen him eat a 3 day old tuna sannitch.

by harry flashman July 11, 2003

fuck that

A response to a loaded question that seeks to elicit an affirmative reply.

Q. Hey, Rodney, I'm having a couple of close friends over tomorrow for beer and pizza...and to castrate some bull calves...can I count on you to come? A. Fuck that.

by harry flashman July 4, 2003

gwine

Vernacular English for "going to", a declaration of intent.

Prunella said she gwine get her case worker changed unlest he give her AFDC for her baby, Boudreaux.

by harry flashman July 21, 2003

ringknocker

A military service academy graduate.

To convey to all those present that he was a West Point graduate, Major Talliafero lightly rapped his ring on the wooden conference table signaling to all present that did not already know so from toilet paper stuck to his shoe that he was a ringknocker, and thus worthy of respect.

by harry flashman July 12, 2003

throbber

A pulsating vein, usually on the forehead that is a predictor of a violent outlash from a hotheaded person.

Steer clear of Ramon...he's got a throbber and needs someone to skim the turds out of the alligator pit.

by harry flashman July 17, 2003

grackle

A brand name combining the words "GRAnular", "cRACK" and "spACKLE"; a spackle-like buttplug to safeguard one's plum during short periods of incarceration.

Yolanda, call my lawyer and bail bondsman and bring my toothbrush, putty knife and grackle.

by harry flashman July 19, 2003

serious emotional trauma

While physical trauma heals, serious emotional trauma leaves permanent psychological scars.

Getting my foreskin caught in my trouser zipper at age 5 was bad enough, but what gave me serious emotional trauma was when my mother had to unzip it.

by harry flashman July 14, 2003