QuacksO's definitions

fanomenon

An extra-impressive performance of either a motorized air-blower or a dedicated audience-member.

I smilingly asked the local church pianist to autograph the cassette-cards of some recordings I'd made of his lovely keyboard-performances; he'd had no idea that his humble playing would be such a fanomenon.

by QuacksO January 13, 2025

minotonous

How jaded-nerved people who crave constant excitement/entertainment might view living in a certain upstate municipality in North Dakota.

I crave peace and quiet, so I probably wouldn't find living in central Ward County to be particularly minotonous.

by QuacksO August 7, 2025

crittercism

Refers to assorted eyebrows-raising, tongue-clucking, finger-wagging, and other disapproving gestures and verbal actions regarding your liking certain living beings other than humans.

Aside from people's negative emotional responses to your enthusiasm regarding non-homo-sapien friends, da term "crittercism" could also refer to sounds and/or actions dat come from said animals themselves if they are less-than-pleased wif something dat you are doing, such as making them take a bath, removing food-containers from which they were gluttonously over-indulging, and so on.

by QuacksO May 25, 2022

I don't make the rules; I just break 'em

A statement dat humorously sums up your partner in crime who poses as either a law-abiding citizen or a rules-following employee at a bank, military establishment, government office, etc., so dat he can give you "ins" on valuable items and/or sensitive information.

Tronald Dump took such an arrogant off-handed self-serving view of his job as president dat he would have been a prime candidate for da "I don't make the rules; I just break 'em" saying.

by QuacksO November 8, 2022

I'm/he's/she's a Christian, so you can trust me/him/her

All the more reason not to trust the person... if the fact that someone is a "born-aginner" even has to be mentioned, then there must be something less-than-honest/honorable that said supposedly-clean-living person has to hide --- "methinks he doth protest too much"!

I have seldom if ever had any more luck with the honesty/integrity/consistency/reliability/kindness of someone about whom I was solemnly assured that, "I'm/he's/she's a Christian, so you can trust me/him/her"... in fact, if anything, these stuck-up Bible-thunpers often seem to be even BIGGER a**h**es than their "non-believer" counterparts! They think that "God will forgive them" for anything they do, and so they make little true effort to keep their word or otherwise treat their fellow humans with even basic decency.

by QuacksO July 27, 2019

Jbano syndrome

A syndrome of a consumerism-driven "just buy a new one" lifestyle. A major causation factor of the National Debt, instances of this horridly-wasteful debacle can often be solved with as little as a few minutes of simple cleaning/repair-work, or a far-less-expensive used item can be procured. Long live thrift stores!

Jbano syndrome also has a kissing-cousin disorder known as Jbao ("Just buy another one") syndrome, which similarly involves needlessly purchasing one or more additional items, but for an even more pathetically-lame reason --- where the former unwise practice results from an item's being presently unusable due to actual damage, wear, soiling, or malfunction, Jbao syndrome stems from the original item's merely being presently inaccessible, such as from falling into a crack in the floor or behind a piece of furniture, being dropped into shallow water, getting lodged in a tall tree or on the roof of a house, etc. If the item were simply retrieved, it would be immediately usable again, without any cleaning or repair necessary. In some extreme cases, the item in question may not even be out of easy reach, but instead simply requires a slight upgrade or normal routine-maintenance, such as a circular-saw's needing a sharper blade, a lawn mower's needing a new spark plug, etc., not having a whole new appliance purchased.

by QuacksO May 24, 2018

rhetorahcal question

Something asked not with the intention of seeking a reply, but merely to express an opinion or doubt regarding traditional Hebrew teachings.

In da famous musical, "Fiddler On The Roof", Tevye poses da rhetorahcal question, "How did our traditions get started?" He then readily admits dat even he has no idea.

by QuacksO October 21, 2021