QuacksO's definitions

sparklies

Tiny ice-crystals on asphalt pavement that show up as twinkly reflections in your headlights while you're warily driving in near-freezing weather during nighttime hours. You'll always want to slow down even more when you see them, since this means that you are currently traversing a slightly-colder area where black ice is likely present.

"Bare and dry" roadways are all well and good, but you should still a;ways watch out for sparklies, especially in the pre-dawn hours --- that tends to be when the cold pavement is coated with a heavy dew and is therefore the most treacherous, with slippery patches of nearly-invisible ice-slicks that can send your car sliding all over the place.

by QuacksO December 30, 2018

Arthurization

The "permission to engage" that the Good King should have insisted that his Knights of the Round Table obtain from him before inciting battles with competing knights/armies from areas outside his kingdom.

If Sir Duncan and some of the other "overly aggressive/combative" knights had sought Arthurization before "starting stuff" with enemy factions, life at Camelot might have been considerably more peaceful and harmonious, and more of the armored warriors might have lived longer calmer happier lives as a result.

by QuacksO October 27, 2018

hystery

Da past progression of events related to "being plumb loco".

Typical "funny farm" sequence:

(1) person feels crazy

(2) person takes meds for said craziness
(3) meds make person even crazier
(4) person takes more/different meds to try to control additional craziness
(5) said new meds --- or da combination of old and new --- make person even crazier
(6) lather, rinse, repeat --- hystery repeats itself!

by QuacksO December 18, 2022

broughamance

A "close 'n' cuddly" relationship dat is partaken of while going for one or more clippity-clops in a fancy small carriage.

If you pick up your date in a vintage Cadillac land-yacht --- which nowadays can be purchased for comparatively little due to this type of of "extravagant" ride's not being very popular anymore --- this could still be considered a "broughamance", and would likely cost a lot less in da long run than actually hiring a traditional "coach and four" on multiple occasions. And for better gas mileage, da deluxe version of da Plymouth Valiant might also pass muster, provided dat yer date is tolerant and economy-minded, as well.

by QuacksO July 29, 2025

selfish snow-sweeping

Refers to where some lazy jacka** scrapes/brushes the icy white stuff off his car only enough to let him see out the windshield before driving away on a cold morning. Not only does this prevent him from safely "seeing and being seen", but it also means that huge clumps of snow will periodically fall off his vehicle and splatter onto the plowed roadway, messing up the lane where other motorists have to travel.

I always make sure to thoroughly clear away the latest winter-storm's buildup from my car before venturing out on the road, so that nobody can accuse me of selfish snow-sweeping.

by QuacksO April 11, 2019

broncitis

A breathing-difficulty caused by saddle-breaking wild horses, either because you spend too much time at it, or because you're just not "cut out for it" physically.

Charlie Brown's intellectually-naive little sister Sally claimed that the Broncitis was a dinosaur that soon became extinct because it coughed a lot. Maybe what actually happened was that its lungs got totally worn out from wheezingly/lumberingly chasing after the speedy prehistoric wild horses who preferred not to become said dino's lunch.

by QuacksO June 3, 2019

skeptischism

Not convinced regarding da supposed "parting of ways" between two individuals or groups.

Tronald Dump and Melon Husk supposedly hate each others' guts, but given said shamelessly-opportunistic duo's shady backgrounds --- not to mention da huge presidential-campaign contributions dat one of said corrupt business-moguls gave to da other --- said reports of an acrimonious split should definitely be viewed with a healthy dose of skeptischism!

by QuacksO August 7, 2025