James J. Mitchell's definitions
NOUN:
Thingamajig, whatchamacallit, wossname, thingamabob. Term used to describe something whose exact name is unknown.
First overheard in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1973.
Thingamajig, whatchamacallit, wossname, thingamabob. Term used to describe something whose exact name is unknown.
First overheard in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1973.
"Hand me that there hulamagatchie, will ya?"
"You can't look at just one aspect of the thing; you've got to consider the entire hulamagatchie."
"You can't look at just one aspect of the thing; you've got to consider the entire hulamagatchie."
by James J. Mitchell September 1, 2006
Get the Hulamagatchiemug. NOUN:
A person who is always complaining or putting up a fuss. Derived from a combination of the word "fuss" and "budget," which used to mean a type of container.
A person who is always complaining or putting up a fuss. Derived from a combination of the word "fuss" and "budget," which used to mean a type of container.
by James J. Mitchell October 23, 2006
Get the fussbudgetmug. NOUN:
1. The moment when one stops lamenting long enough to catch a breath.
2. Scotch whiskey, preferably single-malt.
1. The moment when one stops lamenting long enough to catch a breath.
2. Scotch whiskey, preferably single-malt.
"Shirley stopped whining just long enough for a bit of Presbyterian joy."
"Pour me another shot of that Presbyterian joy."
"Pour me another shot of that Presbyterian joy."
by James J. Mitchell September 7, 2006
Get the Presbyterian joymug. NOUN:
One's stuff, junk, geedunk. Also could mean mud, or anything icky that one tracks in on their boots or gets on their shirt.
Secondary meaning - Bullcrap or horse sh-t.
Pronounced like it looks - like quick with a German accent.
(First coined in the midwest in the early 1970's.)
One's stuff, junk, geedunk. Also could mean mud, or anything icky that one tracks in on their boots or gets on their shirt.
Secondary meaning - Bullcrap or horse sh-t.
Pronounced like it looks - like quick with a German accent.
(First coined in the midwest in the early 1970's.)
"I'm sick and tired of all your kvik cluttering up my apartment!"
"After cutting through my wet yard, he tracked kvik all over the brand-new carpeting."
"Let's cut through all the kvik. What are you trying to say?"
"Bob just sat at the kitchen table and started diggind brown, waxy kvik out of his ear with his finger. How gross is that?"
"After cutting through my wet yard, he tracked kvik all over the brand-new carpeting."
"Let's cut through all the kvik. What are you trying to say?"
"Bob just sat at the kitchen table and started diggind brown, waxy kvik out of his ear with his finger. How gross is that?"
by James J. Mitchell September 1, 2006
Get the kvikmug. "I'm not fat, I'm abdominally enhanced."
"Who's the abdominally enhanced fellow standing over there."
"Who's the abdominally enhanced fellow standing over there."
by James J. Mitchell September 7, 2006
Get the Abdominally enhancedmug. VERB:
To act weird in public just for grins. To play a practical joke. To try to freak people out by calculatedly bizarre behavior. To mess with peoples' minds.
NOUN: The act itself.
To act weird in public just for grins. To play a practical joke. To try to freak people out by calculatedly bizarre behavior. To mess with peoples' minds.
NOUN: The act itself.
"We like to noss whenever we're in a crowd."
"Don't mind me, I'm just nossing."
"Do you think his act was serious, or was it just a big noss?"
"I noss, therefore I'm weird."
Term coined in Indianapolis, Indiana in early 1970's.
"Don't mind me, I'm just nossing."
"Do you think his act was serious, or was it just a big noss?"
"I noss, therefore I'm weird."
Term coined in Indianapolis, Indiana in early 1970's.
by James J. Mitchell September 7, 2006
Get the Nossmug. by James J. Mitchell August 31, 2006
Get the Foobmug.