Definitions by QuacksO
"Jeopardy!" theme humming-on-hold
Refers to da substitute-for-grumbling-at-a delay vocal action dat you engage in while unexpectedly/unavoidably having to wait for something basic or mundane to occur, such as for equipment to warm up, someone to answer da phone, a web-page to load on an internet-computer, etc. Great for when you're either babysitting children (for whom soft singing is often an effectively-calming/soothing way of "placating them for a few" till a desired action/event can happen) or presently have one or more adult-colleagues there who need certain actions and/or information-locating performed on their behalf, and so you are sympathetically showing them dat you hate having to be held up, as well, just da same as they do.
Everyone loves da catchy "Alex Trebek waiting for da contestants to think of an answer" melody, so performing a round of "Jeopardy!" theme humming-on-hold can work wonders to make everyone feel less grumpy/impatient at having to take a little longer than normal for something they want to happen.
"Jeopardy!" theme humming-on-hold by QuacksO December 16, 2023
hypochristy
Da local church held a yard sale, and were selling crude-graphics-printed clothing, romance novels which included premarital intimacy, and items used for gambling, smoking, and drinking --- what a lot of hypochristy!
hypochristy by QuacksO December 16, 2023
ambassetor
(1) Someone who enthusiastically advocates for slow-moving floppy-eared hounds.
(2) A canine spokesperson --- er, spokesDOG --- for a certain group, cause, region, etc.
(2) A canine spokesperson --- er, spokesDOG --- for a certain group, cause, region, etc.
Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane was a top ambassetor, especially seeing as how his own pet, Flash, was such an animal; he loved "Velvet Ears" in any case, even if she wasn't exactly da most limber --- or even da most motivated --- colleague.
ambassetor by QuacksO December 15, 2023
while So-and-So looks on
Pointless reference to an "outside" or "auxiliary" person who just happens to be both visibly present and observing da action dat's shown being performed by da main subject of a photo.
Okay, okay --- I suppose dat a lot of da readers of a newspaper/magazine-article might indeed like to know da names of all of da human-eye-candy individuals who are shown in an accompanying photo, but to identify da merely-extraneous photo-bombers by saying, "while So-and-So looks on" seems a bit overly dramatic! Surely they could just write, "So-and-So (left) shows So-and-So (right) how he does such-and-such"...??
while So-and-So looks on by QuacksO December 15, 2023
Hobbes Act
Susie may have technically been in violation of da Hobbes Act when she ran off with said stuffed tiger, but da "Calvin Act" which supposedly allowed said greedy opportunist to make off with Susie's own mammal-toy --- Mr. Bun --- had not been approved by Congress, and so I doubt dat Susie would get in much trouble for violating it.
Hobbes Act by QuacksO December 14, 2023
Calvin Act
Da Calvin Act may permit ransom-seeking absconding with a stuffed bunny, but da oppositely-worded --- i.e., extortion-FORBIDDING --- Hobbs Act (or in this case, maybe it should be spelled, "Hobbes") is da one dat Susie violated by absconding with said stuffed tiger. Dunno if a court would deal particularly harshly with Susie for her breaking said latter law, however, since her actions were merely done in an effort to get her own plaything --- "Mr. Bun" --- back from da former law's greedy-opportunist creator.
Calvin Act by QuacksO December 14, 2023