The greatest cop-out in the parent/grownup world, this phrase is uttered when the adult is not able/willing to address/alleviate a totally legitimate problem or concern that a child is complaining to him about. Even worse is if the adult uses amused/cutesy/sarcastic expressions and/or actions to accompany said invalid statement, such as giving the kid a couple quick pats on the cheek for "dismissive emphasis and finality", giggling while speaking, saying, "You wanna know what I *honestly* think?" beforehand, opining that "somebunny" needs the nap (which of course makes the child all the more upset and humiliated, since this makes it appear to the child that the adult is not even really listening to him or taking what he has to say seriously), etc.
Statement: You need a nap.
What is really meant: I don't have the time/money/authority/inclination to help resolve your problem, and/or the bratty/overbearing person who is mistreating you is related to a "somebody" who is important to our family, and so I don't dare make a scene or try to demand that you be treated better by him. But I'm afraid to be truthful with you about this because I've always promised you that I will protect you and correct any wrongs in your young life, and so if you find out that I was "just saying that" but actually am not always able/willing to help you in every case, you will hate me as a parent and never trust me again. Same thing happened with me and your grandparents when I was little.
What is really meant: I don't have the time/money/authority/inclination to help resolve your problem, and/or the bratty/overbearing person who is mistreating you is related to a "somebody" who is important to our family, and so I don't dare make a scene or try to demand that you be treated better by him. But I'm afraid to be truthful with you about this because I've always promised you that I will protect you and correct any wrongs in your young life, and so if you find out that I was "just saying that" but actually am not always able/willing to help you in every case, you will hate me as a parent and never trust me again. Same thing happened with me and your grandparents when I was little.
by QuacksO October 01, 2017
I put a pot on the stove to boil some eggs, but then I forgot to add the eggs to the pot, and so I discovered nuthin' but an "empty" pot after boiling it for five minutes! I was sooooo eggsasperated!
by QuacksO October 10, 2018
The infamous coffee-imbibing Captain of the U.S.S. Juan Valdez that ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound and spilled huge quantities of Colombian coffee into the bay.
Somebody at X-on shoulda known better than to hire a sea-captain with a name like Joseph Hazelnut --- both his first AND last names would give a normal person da coffee-jitter nerves... "joe" is slang for coffee, and "hazelnut" is an actual FLAVOR of coffee... NOT a good combination for calm and alert piloting of a huge tanker-vessel through the reef-laced waters off Alaska!!
by QuacksO August 09, 2018
An affectionate "half-cuddle" whereby ya snuggle up beside da person and wrap yer arm around behind his/her waist. Ideal for public/formal/workplace settings where full-on chest-to-chest hugz might seem too forward, or for occasions like a cold day or a moving-crowd area where both of you hafta keep walking instead of stopping to embrace "properly".
Sideways-hugz can be just as satisfying to share as totally-face-to-face bear-hugz if both of you know dat you will be "snuggling properly" at a fairly-soon time.
by QuacksO December 07, 2019
So many criminals exhibit a deeply-penitent demeanor when being tried in court, but it's often largely illusorry --- i.e., they have not actually "had a change of heart" all of a sudden and and "become better people" as a result of their merely appearing before the law! If they were presently still free and at liberty to do as they pleased, they would likely still be smirkingly committing da very same crimes dat they had been hauled in for in da first place! Da only thing dat they're truly "sorry" for is dat they GOT CAUGHT!
by QuacksO February 20, 2021
"Assistance from Hell", where the would-be "Good Samaritan" ends up just causing massive damage and/or making the situation worse with his well-meaning but ineffective/bumbling/destructive attempts to assist or rescue someone.
A classic example of Archie Andrews' demonstrating his high-strung kind-heartedness which usually ends up being nothing but "hellp": ignoring his elderly school-principal's vigorous declining protests, Archie repeatedly attempts to assist Mr. Weatherbee to get his yellow Volkswagen Beetle started, but ends up just completely wrecking the car and frightening Mrs. Weatherbee into a total frenzy.
by QuacksO May 09, 2013
Refers to da naively-accepting "separate and equal" belief of both members of a couple dat da third person who has smilingly approached them and gleefully collared them in a huge mutual squeezy arms-around is known to da other member of said couple; i.e., da guy assumes dat da lady is a friend of this other guy who is hugging them, or da lady assumes dat her guy knows da other chick who is feeling a;; warm 'n' snuggly dat day.
If you're "feeling all huggy-lovey-dovey" at a certain time and thus are wanting to just randomly employ yer "Don Juan maneuver" on cute couples whom you meet on da street or in da park, you may indeed be permitted to do so even if you aren't already acquainted wif either of the people in da couples, since in many cases da two "Romeo-routine" recipients will both likely just form da group-hug acquaintance-assumption --- i.e., each bowled-over-wif-humungous-cuddles person in da couple will just figger dat da other person already knows you from past encounters, when in fact you are just indiscriminately "harvesting a snuggle" from random folks.
by QuacksO February 21, 2020