QuacksO's definitions

nizzard blizzard

What stilts-enthusiast King Birtram's patrol-cats prevent by guarding the Kingdom Of Binn's dike-trees night and day.

I take it that there is enough of a nizzard blizzard at egg-hatching time to keep the population of said snooty blackbirds fairly stable, since after his banishment, the evil Lord Droon was made to gaggingly make a meal out of one or more cooked specimens of said troublesome flapper three times a day.

by QuacksO January 8, 2020

rhythm method

A supposedly-effective/reliable means of avoiding pregnancy, this technique practically guarantees that you will "crank 'em out like an assembly line" on an even and regular basis!

Jim Bob Skullduggary and his wife practiced the rhythm method when they first started out to raise a family, and you see where THAT got them!

by QuacksO December 29, 2017

show up in uniforum

To have a whole troop of badge-wearers go to interact with someone, rather than just having one or two of "da area's finest" go talk to him.

Oftentimes a supposed "offender" is merely a meek harmless individual who likely hadn't actually been aware dat he'd broken da law --- or maybe even dat he'd offended anyone to begin with --- and so there's no need to "show up in uniforum" at his front door... most likely just having a single officer unobtrusively approach him and quietly discuss options would be more than sufficient!

by QuacksO January 29, 2025

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"...??

by QuacksO December 15, 2023

haastage

What famed venom-harvesters Bill and/or Clarita would have been if any of their poisonous snakes had gotten loose and held them captive against their will.

Da intrepid Miami-based cobra-milker lived to be over a hundred; it's theorized dat da regular venom-inoculations dat he administered to himself may have contributed to send extended existence. Lots of his snakes did bite him during those many decades, but none of them ever held him haastage.

by QuacksO March 19, 2023

debtonation

Refers to da "explosion" of I.O.U.-creating activity dat has periodically occurred throughout human history.

Biff Tannen's successfully getting gambling legalized in California caused a catastrophic and widespread debtonation dat apparently rocked da entire US --- in this alternate timeline, Tricky Dick had presided for four terms and was seeking to get re-elected for a fifth, the Vietnam war was still going on, and so on.

by QuacksO November 14, 2022

purrpetrator

Garfield.

Everyone's favorite gluttonous smirky-faced tabby-cat is usually da purrpetrator of da assorted mishaps dat Jon Arbuckle often finds himself tangled up in, but then said rotund ball of fur usually gets out of taking responsibility for said debacles by simply looking cute and being snuggly, since he knows dat Jon is such a wimpy pushover.

by QuacksO May 28, 2020