QuacksO's definitions

racial profiling

The act of taking an unreasonably-high number of "turn to the side, please" mug-shots of Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, Jews, etc., due to one's prejudice against said minorities.

While racial profiling is indeed wrong and humiliating, taking excessive numbers of head-on photos of non-Caucasians is disgraceful and demeaning, also.

by QuacksO November 22, 2019

irrashional behavior

Crazed antics caused by having irritated reddened skin.

As much misery as adolescents often suffer with acne, it's little wonder than so many of them exhibit such irrashional behavior a lot of the time.

by QuacksO November 22, 2019

Lukerative

Denotes the easy/abundant-money-producing nature of "Duke" or "Skywalker"-themed merchandise.

Not too many people watch the vintage "Star Wars" or "Dukes of Hazzard" films anymore, but there is still quite a Lukerative trade in DVDs and memorabilia among die-hard fans and members of the newer generations who love "oldies but goodies".

by QuacksO November 23, 2019

conflict of interest

An unfair-to-the-customer motivation that money-hungry banks have to maintain someone's having to make payments on a loan for as long as possible.

I borrowed a thousand dollars from a local credit-union so that I could pay some local tradespeople to perform much-needed repairs on my home and vehicle. But then as it turned out, these "over-booked with repair-jobs" folks were not able to get to my repairs as soon as they'd expected, and so I didn't need the loaned money nearly so soon as I'd thought I would; I realized that I'd likely be able to pay the carpenters and mechanics "on my own" just with extra-frugality-saved funds over the next few months. So I merely returned the thousand dollars to the credit union within just two or three months after I'd taken out the loan; the clerk seemed none to pleased, since they'd only made about 22 bucks extra in the deal, instead of maybe close to a hundred if I'd taken a year to pay it all back, the way they had expected me to. Guess there was a little conflict of interest there.

by QuacksO November 24, 2019

Robodex

The Ferris-wheel-type paper-holding device where cyborg-Officer Alex Murphy keeps his colleagues' business cards.

Officer Murphy is all for networking as much as anyone, but he regularly has to "weed" his Robodex of cards that he no longer wants in there, since many of his accumulated contacts turn out to be scum-bangs... lots of Dick Joneses out there who purport to be honorable caring dedicated members of the public or local government, but are actually just trying to line their own pockets, puff their cronies' political standing, alter election-votes, etc.

by QuacksO November 24, 2019

excuese

A stupid-a** reason for playing a table-balls-type game instead of working, partaking of outdoor activities, spending time with family and/or friends, etc.

Andy Capp uses any excuese he can think of to head off to the snooker-hall instead of getting a job or helping Flo with housework.

by QuacksO November 24, 2019

libyaral

Someone who supports free trade with Middle-Eastern countries, and has unbiased trust towards them.

It might have been wise for Doc Brown to be a trifle less libyaral in his efforts to obtain plutonium for his DeLorean time machine; besides, he was able to invent/obtain a garbage-recycling fusion-machine within a few years, anyway, asd so using this potentially-very-dangerous-in-multiple-ways (i.e., it is a super-hazardous material in and of itself, and getting access to some is a highly-risky business, as well, since the type of folks who would deal in such lethally-toxic materials would themselves likely be trigger-happy towards anyone who crossed them) substance would have been unnecessary within a short time, anyway.

by QuacksO November 24, 2019