Definitions by QuacksO
high-five rain-check
What you verbally give your work-buddy when something you're attempting goes right, but you're currently "all yucky-messy" from the dirty/disgusting job you're presently engaged in, and so you don't wanna soil him by actually slapping his still-clean palm (i.e., he's not actually handling the greasy/muddy/gloopy items the way you are, but he's still providing needed assistance; perhaps he's aiming a trouble-light, occasionally actuating switches/buttons and/or operating other controls to test the device you're repairing, holding items like drapes or hoses/cables up out of the way so that you don't accidentally soil/damage them, etc.) with your icky hand. "I'll slap palms wif ya later, Pal, after I get washed up some --- consider yourself high-fived for now!"
A high-five rain-check can be a similar situation to a delayed hug, handshake. back-clap, etc... in all of these instances, you are merely postponing an appreciative/affectionate/encouraging/celebratory gesture until a more appropriate/convenient time. If you strongly wish to have the pleasant action administered right away, however --- such as if you feel that the person deserves immediate reward/gratification because of the exceptional effort/bravery he put out, or if he has to leave shortly --- a proxy-hug can sometimes be an adequate/reasonable option, provided there is an agreeable bystander present whom you can request to "do the honors" in your place.
high-five rain-check by QuacksO August 29, 2018
soda-stretcher
A simple method of both saving money on "flavored fizzy" and quenching your thirst better on extra-hot days. What you do is save a two-or-three-liter plastic soda-bottle after you empty it, and then pour in half the soda from a freshly-opened bottle of da same size. Then fill both bottles the rest of the way with drinking-water . Now you'll have twice as much liquid libation for about the same price as just one bottle, plus it will seem wetter and more refreshing, and the drink's milder flavor will help you feel "filled up" more quickly.
Raising your children to not have an excessively "sweet tooth" is a good idea just "in and of itself", of course, but it also has great advantages whenever you employ the "soda-stretcher" technique on hot days, since your kids will already be accustomed to blander-tasting beverages by that time, and so they will probably not feel particularly dissatisfied with your "watered-down" concoction.
soda-stretcher by QuacksO August 29, 2018
pre-release safety-check
Refers to either:
(1) Where you ask a gal if there would be any chance of her getting pregnant before you "let go" inside of her, or
(2) Where --- prior to your letting go of a door and allowing it to close again after you've been holding it open for one or more persons passing through --- you briefly duck your head around said door to make sure there aren't any other people heading for the doorway, thus avoiding your accidentally letting the door slam in the faces of these previously-unobserved folks.
(1) Where you ask a gal if there would be any chance of her getting pregnant before you "let go" inside of her, or
(2) Where --- prior to your letting go of a door and allowing it to close again after you've been holding it open for one or more persons passing through --- you briefly duck your head around said door to make sure there aren't any other people heading for the doorway, thus avoiding your accidentally letting the door slam in the faces of these previously-unobserved folks.
Clueless dude, speaking plaintively to a social-advice counsellor: I always make a point of performing a pre-release safety-check before I let go of a door after holding it open for others; it just seems like a lot of times, the folks who are inside the house or store yell at me to "not let the heat out" or "not let the bugs in". Well, what da HECK am I SPOSTA do --- just blindly let da door slam shut again and risk bruising someone's face?!
Counsellor (gently and seriously): Oh, nooooo --- of course not. I would suggest standing inside the doorway so that you can see both inside and outside at the same time simply by turning your head; that way, you can check for stragglers during the final few seconds while the last person is entering/exiting the room, and thus it will not take any extra time to be safe.
Counsellor (gently and seriously): Oh, nooooo --- of course not. I would suggest standing inside the doorway so that you can see both inside and outside at the same time simply by turning your head; that way, you can check for stragglers during the final few seconds while the last person is entering/exiting the room, and thus it will not take any extra time to be safe.
pre-release safety-check by QuacksO August 29, 2018
proxy hug
Refers to where Person A wishes to give Person B a big ol’ "arms-around", but is presently unable to conveniently/acceptably approach Person B to do so. Person C, however, does happen to be in a position to “administer da lovies” to Person B, and so Person C cheerfully/obligingly gives Person B a hug in lieu of da warm squeeze dat Person A had wanted to give Person B.
Proxy hugs can be administered for a wide variety of reasons, some of the more common instances are:
(1) The person wanting to give the hug is presently wedged away back behind some tall objects or in a tightly-confined space to attend to a necessary task back there, and so it would be excessively difficult for him to clamberingly extricate himself just to give the other person his hug, and then have to slither himself right back there again to finish his job.
(2) The person wanting to give the hug is all “sticky-yucky” from a hot/dusty/messy task he’s presently engaged in, and so he doesn’t want to soil the clean/neat garments/skin of the huggee.
(3) The person wanting to give the hug presently has a contagious illness, and so he does not want to touch or even come near anyone else for fear of spreading germs.
(4) The person wanting to give the hug is not actually present at the huggee’s location; maybe they are just talking on the phone, and the would-be hugger is super-grateful to the huggee for one of more nice things that he did for him. Something like this happens several times in the “Bionic Woman” series --- the Secretary of State wants to thank Jaime Sommers for her valorous services, but he is either super-tied-up with urgent matters of state or has to be out of the country at the time, and so he asks Oscar Goldman to thank Jaime for him.
(1) The person wanting to give the hug is presently wedged away back behind some tall objects or in a tightly-confined space to attend to a necessary task back there, and so it would be excessively difficult for him to clamberingly extricate himself just to give the other person his hug, and then have to slither himself right back there again to finish his job.
(2) The person wanting to give the hug is all “sticky-yucky” from a hot/dusty/messy task he’s presently engaged in, and so he doesn’t want to soil the clean/neat garments/skin of the huggee.
(3) The person wanting to give the hug presently has a contagious illness, and so he does not want to touch or even come near anyone else for fear of spreading germs.
(4) The person wanting to give the hug is not actually present at the huggee’s location; maybe they are just talking on the phone, and the would-be hugger is super-grateful to the huggee for one of more nice things that he did for him. Something like this happens several times in the “Bionic Woman” series --- the Secretary of State wants to thank Jaime Sommers for her valorous services, but he is either super-tied-up with urgent matters of state or has to be out of the country at the time, and so he asks Oscar Goldman to thank Jaime for him.
pinkie-hook
Tiffany and I crave da "lovin' touch" at all times whenever we spend time together, but we were about expiring from da heat during our stroll along da hot beach, so we employed da pinkie-hook to maintain a pleasant physical connection without our palms getting all damp and yucky.
pinkie-hook by QuacksO August 27, 2018
supplemental nudge
A light-to-moderate "assistance-push" that you give someone (or something that he's presently attempting to move) to enable him to more-easily complete some action or task that he's currently engaged in.
Two of my buddies had stopped to give me a ride in their pickup truck, and the passenger had scooched over towards the driver as far as he could; the problem was that because of the gearshift and large transmission-hump, he was unable to brace his feet against the floor in front of him to maneuver himself over sufficiently to make enough room on the seat for me; I therefore gave him a supplemental nudge with my hip to slide him over the rest of the way so that I could plop down and shut the door.
supplemental nudge by QuacksO August 27, 2018