Definitions by QuacksO
syllataxi
An overview of da curriculum employed in one-on-one teaching, as opposed to da regimen dat's utilized when tutoring a "busload" of students.
Ethan Couch's indulgent parents were prepared to actually purchase da entire school merely so dat they could demand dat "Little Prince" would be treated in da way dat THEY saw fit, but in reality, their list of ridiculous demands would likely have been more of a "syllataxi" --- i.e., only with regards to how Ethan himself would be treated --- rather than a "syllabus", in dat most of da other students would have possessed far more sensible and "go along to get along" mindsets, and thus they themselves would NOT have wished to be absurdly coddled or otherwise receive acutely-preferential treatment, excessive tolerance, etc.
ah'llturnitoff
(adjective) Different-from-da-usual/standard method/procedure, and involves deactivating one or more devices dat are associated wif da matter under discussion.
Landlord: My tenant across da driveway complained about my bright neon "office" sign dat kept him awake at night because it shone directly into his bedroom window, and asked me if I could please put up a short vertical barrier-wall on his side of da driveway so dat it would block da light from my sign. I suggested instead installing an "off at 9 P.M. and on at 5 A.M." timer for said glowing sign (and of course, I, too, would want to sleep during those periods, and people seldom came to me with any issues or rental-requests during da "wee hours", either, and so there should be little need to illuminate da door to my office during those periods, anyway), and he accepted this ah'llturnitoff solution.
ah'llturnitoff by QuacksO February 20, 2025
Leavenedworth
Where they sentence you to if you've had too many irresponsible-behavior convictions related to da imbibing of yeast-foamed beverages.
According to a song by "Da Yoopers" band, da beer tastes better in Milwaukee, presumably 'cuz dat's where it was originally brewed, and so you are served it "fresh out of da vat". I wonder, then, if folks who get rowdy due to guzzling down "tall frothies" get sent to "Leavenedworth".
Leavenedworth by QuacksO February 19, 2025
philosophie
Da "deep 'n' deliberate" intellectual/moral subject-matter dat da serious-thinking BFG discussed wif his pint-sized-damsel "human bean" friend.
Da tiny-but-brainy heroine of Roald Dahl's classic "smaller-but-honorable folk triumphing over huge-and-mean-but-bumbling" individuals suggested dat she and her large colleague work together to defeat said towering terrors --- I like her philosophie a whole bunch!
philosophie by QuacksO February 19, 2025