QuacksO's definitions

poster child

A mural-sized painting or photo of an attractive youngster.

Having a poster child on da wall may or may not be comparably satisfying or enjoyable as having one or more real rug-rats around, depending on your own temperament, physical capabilities, financial situation, etc. On da one hand, just staring at a nice picture won't give you da uniquely-pleasurable experience of actually holding and caring for a warm living breathing pint-sized fellow human, but on da other hand, it will save you da time, effort, expense (especially if said offspring has a bratty/delinquent tendency, in which case extra clothing-store/toy-department purchases or fines/bail-money would be an additional concern), emotional trauma, etc. of raising actual in-da-flesh children.

by QuacksO December 2, 2023

unscrewpulous

Dishonest in either wanting to put one over on you, or not loosening/tightening a threaded fastener properly.

You'd royally hafta have a Philips-head bolt loose in yer head to unquestioningly trust manufacturers, since many of them are very unscrewpulous.

by QuacksO February 26, 2020

devined intervention

Refers to da "heavenly" helpful effort dat one or more other humans perform on your behalf to remove thick tendrils and creepers dat would otherwise be in yer way.

Two prime examples of devined intervention would be (1) someone's clearing away da web-like network of ivy and/or morning-glory vegetation-masses from da walls of a house you're spiffing up, or (2) one or more native-guides' vigorously swinging their machetes to slash away da encroaching plant-growth as your exploration-party pushes its way through da jungle.

by QuacksO February 18, 2020

cacoughonous

How a room full of people will sound if some type of lung-irritant gets introduced into da air.

Apparently Orville Wright was quite da prankster as a child; da story goes dat he once sprinkled red pepper into da heating-ducts at his school; one can just imagine da "cacoughonous chorus" dat mustah erupted soon afterwards!

by QuacksO February 21, 2022

aeronaughtycs

The "less than proper" science of "doing it", which involves similar "basics" --- weight, lift, drag, and thrust --- to the study of how planes fly.

Early airplanes did indeed do a lot of pitching and diving, so I wonder if that's where the term "aeronaughtycs" originated, since those initial winged-creations' lack of stability in flight led to their "doing da bouncy-bouncy" a lot?

by QuacksO June 11, 2019

abraided

Emotionally worn down from having yer hair done up in pigtails.

I have always been claustrophobic and stir-crazy, so I always felt really abraided as a child whenever my family insisted dat I have my hair neatly arranged for school.

by QuacksO December 28, 2021

Buspurrone

What Jon Arbuckle needs to take for reducing his stress-level when dealing with Garfield.

Everyone's favorite tubby tabby uses just his "throat thunder" to try to calm his "like putty in my paws" owner, but given said flippant furball's other antics, said hapless human would likely also need a daily dose of Buspurrone to supplement said velvety vocalizations.

by QuacksO July 28, 2025