What da zealous young lawyer from Connecticut was to da "already-ticking time-bomb" of public unrest regarding da super-dangerous post-war-era automobile designs.
People were really getting hot under da collar about da deplorable accident-statistics of mid-20th-century motor vehicles, and so all they needed was a good "detonader" to spectacularly "set things off" --- i.e., cause da whole "style-before-safety" crisis to totally "explode" onto da public scene --- and thus raise awareness and force positive changes.
by QuacksO January 24, 2023
by QuacksO February 06, 2025
What a grade-school student tells someone as a reason for his unwillingness to perform a requested action; it means dat while he personally would not mind doing it, he is afraid dat "da big man in dat dreaded upstairs office" would disapprove, and thus he would give him major grief if he found out.
One sixth-grade boy conversing with another on da playground: Sorry, Dude --- I can't slip you a textbook in class to help you get a better grade on your test; it's the principal of the thing."
by QuacksO February 03, 2023
Refers to a bottle of Alberto VO5 dat you give someone wif da stipulation dat dey actually use it on their hair.
If you give a gal a bottle of post-shampooing hair-tonic, I think it is generally implied and understood dat said bottle is a "conditioneral gift" --- i.e., she is sposta actually apply it to her scalp during her showers, not just set it aside and let it gather dust.
by QuacksO September 11, 2020
Refers to a bottle of Alberto VO5 dat you give someone wif da stipulation dat dey actually use it on their hair.
If you give a gal a bottle of post-shampooing hair-tonic, I think it is generally implied and understood dat said bottle is a "conditioneral gift" --- i.e., she is sposta actually apply it to her scalp during her showers, not just set it aside and let it gather dust.
by QuacksO September 06, 2020
Passed out from overuse of certain punctuation marks, or from overly-fastidious attention-to-detail behavior regarding said symbols in text-composition.
I can see how one might become commatose from excessively using "long-tailed periods", but what about over-indulging in other punctuation marks, such as parentheses or semicolons? Would that produce a similar limp/unresponsive state?
by QuacksO January 31, 2021
Refers to a procedure whereby someone who is so fed up with past events that he has this knowledge removed from his mind.
I got so sick and tired of having history drummed into me in school that after graduation I made an appointment with a medical specialist and had a historyectomy performed.
by QuacksO April 07, 2019