conformation

Refers to either:
(1) Reassuring proof dat someone is "going along to get along", or
(2) A truthfulness-indicating buildup of material dat shows observers dat what you told them was legit.
I claimed dat visitors kept forgetting to wipe their feet before coming into my house, and da big lumps of accumulated mud on da doorstep and carpet were conformation a-plenty to back up my assertions!
by QuacksO April 06, 2023
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responsybil

How Basil Fawlty's long-suffering wife behaves compared to her temperishly-impulsive hubby.
Da proprietress of Fawlty Towers may indeed be "responsybil" in many ways, but her inherent laziness and her ability to infuriate her already-high-strung other half usually seem to largely negate da benefits of such prudent actions.
by QuacksO December 26, 2024
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auntie-dote

Where a parent's sister lavishes attention/resources on the person's impressionable youngster, causing said toddler to become selfish and demanding.
There is no known "antidote" for the effects of "auntie-dote" on a child --- once a kiddo has a taste of "the good life", his expectations/desires become permanently "stretched" or "expanded", and then he'll never again be content with just mediocre/Spartan lifestyle-choices.
by QuacksO August 10, 2018
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singbug

A fraudster who performs a "song and dance" to promote his bogus claims.
If there had been PA systems back in da late 1800s, maybe P.T. Barnum could have added "singbugging" to his showman's repertoire.
by QuacksO November 14, 2023
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moosetake

What Bullwinkle would be making during hunting season if he ventured out in da open without wearing his orange neck-scarf.
If a member of da largest species in da deer-family made da "moosetake" of carelessly showing himself to a hunter, he might likely end up as "moosesteaks".
by QuacksO November 08, 2020
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damnonstration

Refers to a brief display of how well/effortlessly someone can utter strong language. Can also refer to a noisy protest/riot where these unnecessary adjectives are freely/liberally bandied about.
Caring parent: I try to be very careful what public places I take my little ones to, they are much too young and impressionable to hear any damnonstrations yet!
by QuacksO October 03, 2020
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aboriginal excuse

Da lame-a** "hardship-justification" retort of, "Well, the natives in the jungle don't have any ___, but THEY seem to manage just fine, so quit yer whinin'!" dat is impatiently/insensitively snorted at someone who is complaining/objecting about a particular inadequacy in his present environment; i.e., a lack/insufficiency of such basic-to-reasonably-tolerable-living things as toys/entertainment, air-conditioning, transportation, palatable-to-him food, etc. Often this arrogant reasoning is totally invalid, of course, since like as not whatever disagreeable condition dat is being objected to is indeed unacceptably harsh or distressing, and thus should indeed be remedied or alleviated... just because some backwoods primitives residing thousand of miles away happen to live a certain way usually has nothing whatever to do with what is reasonable for everyday life in a civilized world, especially with modern technology (one should seldom use da "Think how hard/thin our dirt-poor ancestors had to live!" excuse, either) and assistance-programs dat will often provide for these types of basic-comfort needs.
The infamous/hypocritical "Sheriff Joe" --- who has since been convicted of multiple catastrophic financial and human-rights atrocities --- used to carry the "aboriginal excuse" concept to a whole new level of brutal mistreatment: complained to about the 110-degree-plus temps at his prison's infamous tent-city, he once said, "Well, it's 120 degrees in Iraq, and our soldiers are living in tents, and they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths!" Again, of course, this is a totally invalid argument --- just because servicemen sometimes have to endure severe conditions, that does not have anything to do with what is reasonable for the rest of us to withstand under fairly-ordinary circumstances.
by QuacksO December 29, 2019
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