QuacksO's definitions

flight-risk

What the Wright Brothers and other early-aviation pioneers had to face every time they took to the skies in their primitive flying-machine inventions.

When airplanes were first being tried out at carnivals and trade-shows, many people were afraid to ride in them due to a perceived (and often-all-too-true!) "flight-risk". So a standard "grim grins" statement that these distrustful folks would make in retort/reply to an offer to climb aboard one of those airborne coffins was, "Yeah, sure --- I'll fly... if I can keep one FOOT ON THE GROUND!"

by QuacksO August 3, 2019

seanery

What you're promised on an ocean cruise, but generally it's only what you'd expect to see if you venture out on da "wavy water --- just endless expanses of brine and lots of herring gulls!

In Lewis Carrol's hilarious poem, "The Hunting of the Snark", da navigationally-clueless captain of da hunting-party used a "complete and absolute blank" map of "da sea", which was "without da least vestige of land". Just plain old "seanery" to be had out in da middle of da Atlantic, he probably figured, so why use a map dat shows anything different?

by QuacksO April 5, 2024

, etc.

A wonderful "catch-all" notation that basically "lets you off the hook" and allows you to do whatever you please if all other parties involved agree to it.

One should be very wary about signing/agreeing to something that includes ", etc." at the end of a line, since this basically gives the agreement's profferer "carte blanche" or "the sky's the limit" permission to have/do whatever he/she pleases --- if someone squawks, he can always run back to that wonderful little "etc." word in da agreement and say, "Hey, you guys implied that I could do anything I saw fit, this is just one of those!"

by QuacksO February 18, 2019

footrub fiesta

Refers to a delightful situation where you meet a sizeable group of people, each of whom is willing to either give you a "sole-soothing" wif his/her gentle caring hands, or allow you to joyfully and savoringly massage his/her tootsies in yer own fingers and palms.

I love meeting pretty girls at da beach 'cuz they'll all have their cute extremities bare and visible, and so naturally this totally allows me both a "hand-holding heyday" and a "footrub fiesta" --- I get to savor said hot chicks' delectable warm soft fingers and toes all I want and for as long as I want, and so I eventually get a misty-eyed "velvety-skin fix" dat lasts me till da next sunny day when I can perform said delightful activities all over again.

by QuacksO July 12, 2025

seekquel

A "further adventures of" narrative regarding subsequent ferreting out of objects and/or clues, researching for da truth, etc.

If a movie leaves a lot of unanswered questions, a good follow-up film would be a "seekquel", wherein da characters assume roles of reporters, scientists, etc. to uncover said obscure facts and then reveal them to da audience.

by QuacksO February 26, 2024

syzzygy

A total-harmony state achieved by a group of meditation-minded "in tune with the power of the Universe" hippies while engaged in perfectly-in-sync cutting/trimming of paper/fabric with "syzzors".

Performing syzzygy with your weed-puffing buddies can indeed be relaxing, but your hands get tired fairly soon from all of that synchronized snippin'.

by QuacksO August 10, 2018

tail number

Da current tally of "willing" chicks whom you've met during commercial-airline trips.

If you want to "rack" up an impressive "tail number" without having to use up all of your frequent-flier miles just to snag one or two hotties per trip, try getting a seat on a cheerleader-transport flight, since there will be lots of cute rumps all gathered together on just dat single journey, and so your "little black book" might attain a good number of entries all at once, rather than their just being added one-by-one from da random hot-in-da-crotch female passenger whom you'd happen across on each separate plane-ride.

by QuacksO January 10, 2025