pole tax

An income-skimming fee --- levied for either your being of east-of-Germany descent, or your possessing a long round-bodied appendage between yer legs --- dat is collected to fund da installation and maintenance of tall wooden posts along da roads for supporting utility-wires.
If I volunteer to occasionally work on da DOE road-crew, practice abstinence, and can prove my UK-area ancestry, could I be relieved of paying pole tax?
by QuacksO February 07, 2025
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anteaks

"Ebeneezer's Old Stuff" type of valuable items dat are made from saltwater-resistant wood.
You'll find lots of anteaks at a sailing-ship museum.
by QuacksO July 03, 2021
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errordynamics

Mistakes or flaws in body-shape design that impede smooth airflow instead of helping it.
The main reason that the Wright brothers succeeded in building a flyable airplane was that they were able to ferret out and eliminate the major errordynamics of previous airship-designers like Otto Lilienthal and Samuel Langley.
by QuacksO July 21, 2019
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hug-duration calculator

Refers to the mathematical-analysis procedure that you use to determine how long it's been since two embracing people have seen each other, how fond they are of each other, how long they've known each other, etc.
The hug-duration calculator can be very useful in guessing the details of two people's overall feelings about each other. For example, if they rush headlong towards each other "at first sighting" and totally bear-hug da crap outta each other (extra points if da guy sweeps da gal up off her feet and happily whirls her around a couple of times), this indicates that they have been apart for many months or even a year or more, and so they are simply overjoyed to finally be reunited. But if they simply step swiftly forward and enfold each other in a "deeply-tight" and super-long embrace (such as a minute or more; extra points if they also tear-dampen each other's shoulders and/or treat each other to shoulder-blade scrunchiez during said extended squeeze), this indicates that they are simply extra-fond of each other, and/or they are super-grateful for each other's friendship, emotional support, and occasional kindly assistance.
by QuacksO September 30, 2018
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Trumpany

"The Donald' and his assorted henchmen who are bringing this country down --- i.e., "Trump & Co."
If Trumpany has its way, we won't even BE a country worth sneezin' at in a few years.
by QuacksO December 09, 2017
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agolyze

(verb): To "go totally OCD" about pondering/examining/researching a question, issue, etc.
Dude #1, shopping wif his buddy at da hardware store: I'm not sure if I should choose a metric or standard washer for this bolt. Any thoughts, Pal?
Dude #2: It probably doesn't really matter, Bro, as long as da washer fits fairly snugly around da bolt-shank --- no need to agolyze over it.
by QuacksO July 18, 2024
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raising cane

Refers to either:
(1) Cultivating tropical sucrose-producing grass.
(2) What da courts in many parts of da world have outlawed when it comes to disciplining children --- it's "time-outs only" nowadays, Folks.
Some people argue dat laws which prohibit "raising CANE" often cause youngsters to be ABLE to misbehave as much as they want. I disagree; most kids start out being inherently good; it's us adults who are da major influence on them to be bad with our OWN improper behavior and impatient disregard for said small-fry's needs and concerns. If we gave our children the care and attention they need, they would actually **want** to be good all the time.
by QuacksO February 22, 2021
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