QuacksO's definitions

Sam's Club chiseler

A paid-up member of a “big box” warehouse who solicits his bargain-shopping privileges to other folks who have less-affluent lifestyles, and who therefore would wish to also purchase ordinary grocery/household items at bulk-package prices, but who either cannot comfortably afford the outrageously-steep membership-fees that the bulk-package warehouses charge, or who do not buy enough yearly volume to justify paying the fees. The problem, of course, is that the opportunistic member engages in "chiseling": he does not merely ask to be reimbursed just for his actual expenses in procuring the items for these lower-income folks --- i.e., the total amount of the purchased items plus the cost of any additional gas that he’d consume in the course of obtaining/delivering the purchases --- but also charges a hefty “shopper’s fee” for his “services”… yes, it would be an amount that’s still somewhat less than the total savings compared to what the items would have cost in a “regular” store, but still considerably more than the frugal-by-necessity folks for whom he’s shopping would have wanted to spend to obtain their items in the first place.

Members-only warehouses should quit charging such exorbitant fees to their paying customers --- it creates a fertile breeding-ground for Sam's Club chiselers.

by QuacksO July 24, 2018

a brief resprite

A short break where you imbibe a fizzy beverage from a green can or dimpled plastic bottle.

On hot days I like to take a brief resprite every hour or two when working outdoors.

by QuacksO April 30, 2024

Thoroughbread

Da type of horse dat da Gingerbread Man rides. This is da real reason dat he was able to outrun everybody --- naturally, his tiny little short legs could never have enabled him to run very fast, but he was riding a swift steed which allowed him to easily outdistance his merely-on-foot pursuers.

Da story of da Gingerbread Man never actually occurred da way da fairly-tale relates it... da fox merely wrote da narrative dat way 'cuz he was humiliated dat da Gingerbread Man prudently declined da cleverly-devious crimson-canine's offer to give him a ride across da stream on his back, but instead wisely went back to his house and got his long-legged Thoroughbread horse to easily splash across da river, and so da infuriated --- and hungrier-than-ever --- fox never got to eat da Gingerbread Man, after all.

by QuacksO August 31, 2019

wingenuity

Exceptional brainpower dat allows you to frequently take home first prize.

Biff Tannen was described in da newspapers as having incredible wingenuity due to his vast wealth gained from sports-betting, but in reality his "amazing" success came merely from his having read Gray's Sports Almanac and thus already knowing said competitions' outcomes before placing his bets.

by QuacksO October 14, 2025

lowerarchy

A system or organization having gradually-descending tiers of status, authority, etc.

A lowerarchy would be something like how they do things in Digitopolis --- da less da rank, da more powerful or prestigious you actually are.

by QuacksO October 30, 2023

sonario

A theoretical sequence of events involving someone's male offspring.

Parking with a girl in a secluded area and sweet-talking her into climbing into da back seat is a classic sonario dat many humiliated parents know about all too well (and of course, like as not, dat's precisely how THEY THEMSELVES ended up conceiving said hot-in-da-crotch young stud to begin with)!

by QuacksO April 21, 2022

ursular

A severe inflammation of the stomach caused by excessive stressing over someone named Ursula.

Patient: For some reason I have a major crush on Ursula the Sea Witch, plus I cannot help noticing how much she resembles Tammy Bakker.
Shrink: Well, dat all actually seems fairly logical --- I would hafta agree wif you on both accounts. Dat smiley octopus-dame is indeed one of Disney 's more pleasing-expressioned villain-characters, plus I myself have wondered sometimes if "Makeup Molly" was da inspiration for da "Lavender Lady". We should still explore ways to somewhat take your mind off da whole subject, though, so dat you don't develop an ursular over it.

by QuacksO November 4, 2018