QuacksO's definitions
Refers to the common and acutely frustrating "doggedly pretending not to understand and thus getting the help-requester to repeat/rephrase his tale of woe over and over till he finally gives up" strategy that many adults/older siblings resort to in an effort to eventually discourage a youngster in his efforts to motivate said elder to intervene on his behalf, but the elder does not wish to get involved or bestir himself. This destructive and selfishly-deceitful practice involves a similar "hiding behind a veil of fake confusion" ruse used by the jackal in the famous fable --- the jackal pretends to never quite be able to understand the situation and thus flimflams the frustratedly enraged tiger into tempestuously re-entering the cage so that the jackal could lock him back inside again, thus preventing him from devouring the Brahman for dinner.
I tried to get my uncle to step in and settle the quarrel I was having with my cousin, but he always just kept smiling amusedly and scratching his head in apparent bewilderment and asking me to repeat my story and "explain myself" over and over --- I know full well that my story was perfectly clear and easy for him to understand, though, so I suspect now that he was pulling the old Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hide ploy on me just so that he wouldn't have to get involved in the dispute.
by QuacksO January 18, 2017
Get the Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hidemug. A "deep jungle" dude who doesn't know any better than to take off all his clothes after having a few drinks in da pub.
If you invite a clueless back-woods native to accompany you back to civilization and hang out wif you around town, it might be wise to only take him to a tavern that's part of a nudist's camp, if you don't want your new buddy to get in trouble for "going all barbareian" on you.
by QuacksO April 28, 2020
Get the barbareianmug. How someone of "conservative mind and superior morals" disapprovingly describes an excessively-butt-baring outfit that a young lady wants to wear to a social gathering of some kind, such as a dance, party, or school prom.
A lot of times when a middle-aged-or-older matron or neighborhood gramma cluckingly criticizes a teenage girl's somewhat-revealing gown as "just assking for trouble", one should seriously wonder if her real reason for objecting is that she is simply jealous that **she herself** no longer possesses a cute firm behind --- or maybe NEVER DID to begin with --- and therefore she is no longer "getting any" from the available hot hunks around town, and so she cannot stand to see a shapely younger filly gaily showing off her "merchandise" for all da raging-hormone-steeped youngblood-studs at da gathering to lust over.
by QuacksO October 26, 2018
Get the just assking for troublemug. An "mind playing tricks on your vision" experience where the viewer thinks he's present at "the other place".
Marty McFly opines that the dystopian wasteland which Biff's corruption and debauchery have created of Hill Valley is like the stompin' grounds of "The Grim Horned One", but Doc Brown assures him that it is indeed just their hometown, but that probably it really isn't that much of a Hellucination, since he cannot imagine that said "down below" locale would be likely to be much worse.
by QuacksO March 24, 2022
Get the Hellucinationmug. Refers to da "shout-out" phone call dat you make to one or more local homes/businesses during a power-outage, to ask if they are without electricity, also ("Are you folks in da Dark Ages, as well?"); this allows you to reliably determine if it is indeed a widespread outage, rather than it's being "just you" (i.e., where you would need to check your home's wiring/fuse-box for unseen faulty connections).
During an unexpected power-outage, most folks will likely be at least marginally patient/understanding if you want to check wif dem about whether their electricity is off, as well, but you should still consider carefully before making said call --- usually you will want to do so only if da current weather is fairly "calm 'n' balmy" and therefore a utilities-outage would not be expected. It is generally understood dat service-wires might be downed if there is heavy snow/wind, and so in these cases your "dark ages"-inquiry phone call might be viewed as somewhat of an unnecessary/frivolous interruption, especially since those other folks will themselves probably be experiencing moderate difficulties/concerns regarding said hiccup in da flow of "angry pixies", and so at da time they may be feverishly scrambling to "batten down da hatches" while waiting for da power to come back on again. Good luck trying to call anyone, though, since nowadays da phone and electricity are no longer such "entirely separate circuits" as they used to be, and so unless it's an extremely small and "localized" outage, your home-phone service will likely be out, also, if da electricity is off. Dat's an instance where mobile phones can be an alternative means of communication, since most cellular-towers have their own "dedicated" power-source dat will remain active even if da "regular" electricity is off.
by QuacksO March 19, 2019
Get the "dark ages"-inquiry phone callmug. Due to the lax safety-standards back in the early 1900's, the great silent-film comedy-star Harold Lloyd had no idea that the smoke-bomb he was holding as a prop for a movie actually contained a live explosive, and so it nearly became a sfear of death for him.
by QuacksO February 16, 2020
Get the sfearmug. I am both unassuming and appreciative of lower-cost options, and so I prefer just ordinary plain-steel hex-head fasteners for attaching my car's rims, rather than gaudy chrome or decorative shapes --- no need to spring for dat kind of absurd lugxury!
by QuacksO January 8, 2024
Get the lugxurymug.