Definitions by QuacksO
Kodak bear
Admonitions of "Don't feed the bears" should always be heeded, including with tourist-friendly species like the Kodak bear --- sociable as he is, he is still a wild animal and is therefore unpredictable; besides, sweets can make even a normally-docile bear hyper and aggressive, just as it can with humans and horses.
Kodak bear by QuacksO November 7, 2018
Sisters of Mercy sin
Refers to an act of ordinarily-frowned-upon nature, but which in extreme circumstances could be overlooked or even approved of. Comes from the nuns' surreptitiously ripping out the plug-wires and spark-coils from the Gestapo's cars so that they couldn't pursue the von Trapp family in "The Sound Of Music"; the emotionally-shaken-but-still-demure habit-clad heroines then ask their Mother Superior for forgiveness, which it can be assumed that she readily gives, considering the horrid fate that would likely have befallen the von Trapps had they been captured.
I needed a few additional nails to complete a super-urgent repair- project, but there was nobody at the hardware store, so I had to just take the nails without paying for them at the time. Again, though, the nailing-task had to be completed right away to avoid fairly horrendous consequences, so I felt that my action was really pretty much a Sisters of Mercy sin. Plus of course I did indeed "square up" promptly with the store afterwards, so the end-result was fine.
Sisters of Mercy sin by QuacksO November 7, 2018
petty officer
A policeman who is tasked with handling minor offenses like having a "loud" party or swiping a candy bar.
Inspector Clouseau is such a bungling jackass at performing regular crime-fighting that it's a wonder his precinct hasn't demoted him to petty officer by this time.
petty officer by QuacksO November 6, 2018
toleration
The "allotment" (i.e., "ration") of patience/forgiveness/understanding that someone "sets aside" for dealing with a certain situation, person, etc. --- the larger the toleration, the less likely he is to blow his stack or be hostile/unsupportive in said instance.
If someone is hot-headed or prejudiced overall, he's not likely to give anyone whom he disagrees with much of any toleration.
toleration by QuacksO November 6, 2018
rollin' in the dough
Pertains to the (illegal, unfortunately, thanks to "Big Tobacco" legislation!) act of using a cigarette-making machine to create hand-made smokes (i.e., "rolling" them), and then selling them comparatively cheaply to other people who cannot afford store-bought cigarettes, and thus the "dough" will come "rolling in".
If tobacco companies truly don't want private people to "roll in the dough" by selling home-made cigarettes, they should not charge such astronomical sums for their own factory-made smokes that they literally price a lot of lower-income people right out of their own market! Heck, these "nicotine giants" are totally "rollin' in the dough" already, so why don't they make it easier for all of us by making their products more affordable for the masses???
rollin' in the dough by QuacksO November 6, 2018
legal virginity
There is hardly any policeman --- no matter how big an a**h**e he happens to be --- who wants to be seen as "da big bad guy" who "took someone's legal virginity" over a comparatively minor event, so if you have a clean record "thus far", are always respectful to Johnny :Law, and try to behave yourself as best you can, you stand a much better chance of staying out of legal trouble, even if you accidentally "screw up" once in a while.
legal virginity by QuacksO November 6, 2018
dicktation
Verbally-created off-the-cuff word-compositions that the speaker would probably be perfectly capable of writing/typing up himself, but he's such a lazy dick that he gets his secretary to do it for him.
The reel-to-reel recording-system that the Watergate tapes came from was originally intended as a dicktation-aid, since ol' Tricky was too much of a puffed-up "dick" to bother jotting down his thoughts and memos on paper.
dicktation by QuacksO November 6, 2018