QuacksO's definitions

stretching the truth

Refers to the enormous sideways "expanding" of the "honesty line" (i.e., the "straight 'n' narrow" ink-trace that is drawn when the subject is not lying) that occurs whenever Hap Shaughnessy takes a polygraph test while reciting one of his grandiose tales of phenomenal past accomplishments/escapades.

When his fellow villagers disgustedly waved off his amazing tales of howling adventures and intrigue during his trip as an ambassador, Will Rogers indignantly snorted that he hoped that a building would fall in on him if he'd "padded the facts" at all about his recent political adventures, and a huge brick chimney immediately did collapse and shower him with bricks and powdery mortar-dust (he wasn't hurt -- no worries). Kind of a crude and "extreme" polygraph-device, but it did indeed show that Will had evidently been stretching the truth somewhat.

by QuacksO April 16, 2019

oarchestra

A multi-individual group of swishing/splashing boat-paddles from either a several-rower scull-boat or a sizeable number of individual skiffs.

An oarchestra actually has two sets of sounds --- da water-moving paddles themselves dat play da "melody", and da clunking/creaking row-locks dat might be interpreted as percussion-instruments.

by QuacksO August 5, 2023

dicklined

Refers to what da card-scanner not only unexpectedly displays when you swipe your debit or Food Stamps card, but is also a real "d**k" about saying it, and/or says it in such a hurtful/critical way dat it makes YOU feel like a "royal d**k" for even daring to presume dat said scanner would even consider accepting your card. (Can also refer to da status of a chick's not agreeing to spread her legs for you.)

There's hardly anything more humiliating than having your payment-card "dicklined" in da checkout lane, especially if there are other impatient shoppers in da line behind you. Keeping your card clean and up-to-date can indeed help to minimize da risk of this unfortunate development's happening, but computer-networks are hardly infallible, and so you still can never be sure. Totally SUX, but it's true, unfortunately.

by QuacksO February 15, 2023

Trittium

A rare radioactive gas that, when inhaled, makes someone a super-accomplished singer, just like how Peter Parker's radioactive spider-bite gave him Spider-Man's amazing powers.

John claims to be a great vocalist due to his having breathed Trittium, but In reality he's a moron who can't even sing on-key, so I think that --- if anything --- he may have breathed a healthy dose of "twittium" while he was growing up.

by QuacksO May 6, 2019

advocut

An enthusiastic supporter of someone's making a trip to da barber.

Kiddo #1: Wow, your new hairdo looks nice!
Kiddo #2: Thanks, but I miss my long braids.
Kiddo #1: What convinced you to have them shortened, then?
Kiddo #2: Oh, my whole family advocuted for me to get a trim in order to not have such horrid tangles to comb out every morning, so how could I go against a unanimous majority of opinion?

by QuacksO December 10, 2024

DeVorece

What Mary Buckingham might likely have soon gotten from da prim-'n'-shallow Ronald if her marriage to him had actually been completed, due to either her eventually not being able to stand him anymore, or her learning dat she actually COULD have married da much-nicer Harold after all.

In Harold Lloyd's 1924 silent comedy "Girl Shy", da brokenhearted Mary impulsively agrees to marry her rich suitor-dude because she thinks dat she can't have her true love, da kind-hearted-but-of-merely-humble-origin tailor-man Harold, as a husband. Harold is able to come up wif a solution to said debacle, however, and he stops da wedding in just da nick of time, saving Mary from having to go through a humiliating DeVorece.

by QuacksO January 30, 2023

surveylance

Clandestine observation of one or more people of interest, performed under da guise of merely asking for people's opinions or mapping out real-estate parcels.

If da Feds are carrying out surveylance in a particular area, they would do well not to wear their official uniforms underneath their "ordinary workman" outfits, since (1) said double-layered clothing could get hot and/or bunchy, and (2) keen-eyed crooks might notice da disguised agents' suspicious-looking garb and become wise to said government-men's true identities.

by QuacksO January 11, 2023