Octopod's definitions

tighter than a duck's ass

Impermeable. I.e., watertight.

My English teacher is tighter than the proverbial duck's ass.

by octopod March 4, 2004

America's sweetheart

Tonya Harding.

Tonya Harding is America's sweetheart

by octopod June 28, 2004

shell out

Pay up, pay out.

We went bowling last night and I had to shell out because no one else had any cash.

by octopod November 9, 2003

megillah

Something long complex, and possibly tedious. Fr. Yiddish/Hebrew, for "scroll." Certain scrolls are read on particular holidays; it takes a long time, hence the secondary meaning.

I asked for instructions, and he explained the whole manual to me, the whole megillah, from beginning to end. It took two hours.

by octopod October 20, 2008

kicker

The detail (usually unpleasant) that changes everything.

The kicker was, Mephisto was supposed to get Faust's soul -- forever!

by Octopod November 9, 2003

stick up his ass

Pompous, a stiff, tighter than a duck's ass.

John Kerry has a stick up his ass.

by octopod March 4, 2004

panties in a knot

Agitated, upset, anxious. Cf. knickers in a twist.

Bitch, so I sold your children for crack! Don't get your panties in a knot!

by Octopod November 7, 2003