Milt Alwin's definitions

wins

What your machine or gadget does when it breaks down and quits on you.

Well, the transmission's shot, or the head is blown, or it wouldn't start this morning. My car wins! And I lose in this old time-money-inconvenience round. That temperamental, or worse, heap of lemon! You win if you nip the sucker in the bud with a minimum of drama.

by Milt Alwin March 1, 2011

brainer

Not a no-brainer.

His video timer is such a brainer that he is leaving it flashing at 12:00 AM.

by Milt Alwin March 19, 2009

sideways

In recorded music, the attribute of one song sounding like another because of similar beat, melody, singing voice(s), etc.

"Spanish Dancer" by Stevie Winwood is "Empty Pages" by Traffic sideways.

by Milt Alwin September 22, 2009

indoor bullstuff

1. Movie deemed too highfalutin, sophisticated or stuffy to be the right fit in drive-in theaters.
2. Wimpy cigarette lighter that won't fire in even the slightest hurricane.

I have to flick my indoor bullstuff illegally in the doorway before I can take my smoke outside.

by Milt Alwin April 23, 2009

the shits

The good human attributes that contribute to success.

With his overall excellent physical and mental facilities, health and financial savvy, he has the shits to acquire and maintain his independent, mortgage-free, rent-free, leisurely and sporting life, even with a wife and several children. I'm not so endowed.

by Milt Alwin December 18, 2008

hit-hit

The back-at-cha laugh.

And so, hit-hit, guess our smackdowned little man is gonna have to find some other bag to make a livelihood from. Domineering or what. His baby, not mine!

by Milt Alwin October 31, 2011

dance

A scurrying about toward a purpose.

One knows the rule and one knows the drill. Anyway, that was one small detail that didn't make it in my dance through all of this.

by Milt Alwin March 8, 2009