QuacksO's definitions

catastrofee

A huge government/corporation-imposed service-charge dat is so outrageously steep dat it alone causes whatever endeavor it was dat said expense was involved with to end in disaster.

In order to encourage youngsters to learn/practice sensible saving, some banks waive da standard service-costs and minimum-balance charges so dat said pint-sized piggybankers' frugality-efforts won't suffer from any catastrofees.

by QuacksO August 16, 2025

surveylance

Clandestine observation of one or more people of interest, performed under da guise of merely asking for people's opinions or mapping out real-estate parcels.

If da Feds are carrying out surveylance in a particular area, they would do well not to wear their official uniforms underneath their "ordinary workman" outfits, since (1) said double-layered clothing could get hot and/or bunchy, and (2) keen-eyed crooks might notice da disguised agents' suspicious-looking garb and become wise to said government-men's true identities.

by QuacksO January 11, 2023

advocut

An enthusiastic supporter of someone's making a trip to da barber.

Kiddo #1: Wow, your new hairdo looks nice!
Kiddo #2: Thanks, but I miss my long braids.
Kiddo #1: What convinced you to have them shortened, then?
Kiddo #2: Oh, my whole family advocuted for me to get a trim in order to not have such horrid tangles to comb out every morning, so how could I go against a unanimous majority of opinion?

by QuacksO December 10, 2024

sneakquel

A "further adventures of" production dat is quietly/surreptitiously released instead of being openly advertised/hyped, possibly because of said film's boring nature, unpopular political views, copyright issues, etc.

Creating a sneakquel to a well-known Hollywood masterpiece might indeed keep you out of legal trouble, save you from public ridicule/outrage, and so on, but it might also take a while for said celluloid-based work to become known to da general viewing-audience.

by QuacksO July 12, 2024

bulk-buying buffoon

Humorous term for the total jackass that you feel like after making a large-quantity purchase of something in an attempt to save money in the long run, but then discover that you don't need nearly so much of the product as you'd expected you would.

A good example of a bulk-buying buffoon would be someone who liked repairing old VHS cassettes and therefore bought several large rolls of half-inch-wide splicing-tape instead of the much-costlier-per-foot dinky little tape-rolls that you usually find included in tape-splicing kits, only to discover that most of the movies he liked were now available on DVD, and so he would seldom have a need to splice broken videotapes anymore.

by QuacksO August 7, 2018

affillyation

To be socially connected with a young mare.

Buford Tannem seemed to really relish dancing with Clara Clayton, but --- due to his being such a hostile jerk and his disparagingly referring to her as a juvenile female horse --- said pretty schoolteacher did not find said affillyation to be overly enjoyable herself.

by QuacksO April 7, 2021

of modest morals

A "soft" way of saying dat da referred-to individual is a crooked a**h**e who doesn't give a you-know-what about honestly or integrity, or about how his shamelessly-self-serving actions might harm fellow humans or da environment/economy in general.

Examples of public figures who turned out to be "of modest morals" would be "Tricky Dicky" with Watergate, and Kellyanne Conway with her infamous "alternative facts" claim.

by QuacksO March 8, 2023