3 definitions by NightHawkHat
Mild expletive, like gosh or darn. Regional. Specific to pockets of the Midwest, particularly the Cincinnati area. Etymology inconclusive, though possible origin is from Cincinnati native and professional baseball player and manager Don Zimmer, who famously brawled with Boston player Pedro Martinez during the 2003 American League Championship Series, an event which caused his pants to fall down.
by NightHawkHat September 25, 2020
A mother worries. Possibly regional. Usage confirmed in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
"I took my poor girl to urgent care, and the doc said something nasty is going on in her lungs and sinuses, but she tested negative for COVID, flu, strep, mono, and RSV, so he doesn't know what it is. AMW."
by NightHawkHat January 5, 2023
British spelling of the longest word in the English language. Meaning is a disease of the lung caused by inhaling volcano dust. The American spelling ends in koniosis.
(Ignore the fact that the word is broken in two. That's because UD limits words in example fields to 40 characters.)
(Ignore the fact that the word is broken in two. That's because UD limits words in example fields to 40 characters.)
"Spot of tea?"
"Oh, quite! Just the thing to soothe my pneumonoultramicroscopic silicavolcanoconiosis!"
"Oh, quite! Just the thing to soothe my pneumonoultramicroscopic silicavolcanoconiosis!"
by NightHawkHat February 3, 2008