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Refers to where you hastily "make like a crab" when ambling along the road or down a long aisle/hallway and observe someone warily approaching with an extra-wide/bulky "item in tow", such as if a person is wheezingly lugging one or more large humongously-bulging sacks/bundles in his arms, or if a vehicle is pulling an extra-wide trailer; the "courtesy" notation implies that you intentionally move aside considerably farther than is actually necessary for safely allowing the person to get by you; your purpose is to ensure that the trepidatious cargo-transporter can feel totally confident and non-apprehensive about passing by your position.
I always make sure to perform the courtesy-sidestep whenever I see someone approaching who needs extra room to pass, especially if there is a wall, line of parked vehicles, or other currently-immovable object at the side of the road that the person is having to actively avoid. And I also find that I can acceptably do so even if there are other folks present beside the road, as well... even if several people are also standing next to the wall --- like a bunch of huge burly D.O.T. guys at a road-repair-construction site --- I have never been griped at for just unceremoniously squinching myself right up against/among them till the extra-bulky vehicle has passed; I guess it's kinda understood that personal space/boundaries get temporarily "collapsed" or "suspended" when safety is at stake.
by QuacksO August 19, 2018
Get the courtesy-sidestep mug.Totally unrelated to any "opposite" condition of the well-known "born later in the mother's life" disorder, this affliction merely refers to an abnormal obsession with "all things United Parcel Service" --- the person may collect lots of caps and t-shirts with the UPS logo, arbitrarily ship out anything and everything --- even ordinary personal letters, which of course would cost a lot more to ship that way than just a regular US-Mail "Forever" stamp --- by "ol' Brown-'n'-Yellow", always ask to have mail-ordered items shipped to him by UPS even if the US Mail or FedEx would be cheaper, etc.
Caring nephew: My elderly Uncle Ted has developed UPS syndrome in a major way. so I always order his E-Bay items for him myself, so that he won't needlessly overspend on shipping if there is a cheaper way to send the items.
by QuacksO August 29, 2017
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by QuacksO November 4, 2025
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A piece of earnest advice for all you small-bosomed ladies out there: just because having a breast-augmentation might indeed be a "doable-d" doesn't mean dat it would necessarily be a wise choice --- bachelors who prefer chesty chicks aren't necessarily any more desirable than those who don't think about a woman's bra-size all dat much. And besides, why would you even want a significant other who is of such shallow mind dat he would actually judge you mostly about just your looks, anyway? Instead, you should seek out a guy who mainly cares about da size of your HEART --- i.e., how attractive a person you are on da INSIDE, such as your possessing a warm personality and kind considerate nature --- and who therefore will likely make for a much more satisfying soulmate.
by QuacksO October 8, 2024
Get the doable-d mug.If someone is less than intensely-vehement about declining whatever is being requested/suggested, he may just silently perform da "shay-kuh, shay-kuh, shay-kuh, shay-kuh!" routine, rather than resorting to da more-noisy lips-spluttering dissent like he would if he was acutely distressed/horrified at said proposal.
by QuacksO October 31, 2023
Get the Shay-kuh, shay-kuh, shay-kuh, shay-kuh! mug.A stick-in-da-mud person who stubbornly/arrogantly believes in da strict, literal interpretation of scripture in a religion; actual life/historical facts and experiences be hanged!
Da problem with "Bible-belt" Fundamnentalists is dat --- figuratively speaking --- they don't have any extra holes in da cinch-up strap for their waistbands to allow for adjustments. But not everything in life is totally black or white, so problems and stubbornness issues are bound to arise from said lack of flexibility or open-mindedness.
by QuacksO February 5, 2020
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