QuacksO's definitions
I learned more useful life-lessons in just a few months of attending da local unadversity --- i.e., just navigating my way around everyday existence in my own small-town stompin' grounds --- than I ever did at dat fancy-pants big-city campus dat I went to for four years!
by QuacksO January 14, 2025
Get the unadversitymug. Refers to any pause or temporary postponement of a minor action (speaking, standing up or shifting your position while seated or in bed, switching on/off a light or music device, performing a "noisy" task like moving furniture or operating a motorized household device, etc.) that a thoughtful considerate individual performs (often with a moderate taxing of his own patience/bodily comfort) so as to avoid/minimize the startling/distressing impact of said action on one or more other nearby humans, such as a slumbering partner who is super-exhausted and/or is in a lot of pain or other acute bodily discomfort that he feels whenever he's awake, and thus the only time he has relief is when he's actually asleep.
Cool dude #1: Geez, buddy --- why da awkward limp and droopy shoulders?!?!???
Cool dude #2: (groaning in pain as he hobbles over to sit beside his friend to watch the ball game with him): Oh, just da classic "courtesy delay" woes, pal... I was sitting cross-legged on the grass with my girlfriend, and she had fallen asleep with her head in my lap... I knew she'd been up since 3 a.m. to help her mom care for her colicky baby brother, and so naturally, Mr. Soft-Hearted here couldn't bear to wake her up by changing position, and so I just hadda sit motionless on the cold hard ground with my muscles going numb and cramping up for half an hour till she finally came awake to turn over herself.
Cool dude #2: (groaning in pain as he hobbles over to sit beside his friend to watch the ball game with him): Oh, just da classic "courtesy delay" woes, pal... I was sitting cross-legged on the grass with my girlfriend, and she had fallen asleep with her head in my lap... I knew she'd been up since 3 a.m. to help her mom care for her colicky baby brother, and so naturally, Mr. Soft-Hearted here couldn't bear to wake her up by changing position, and so I just hadda sit motionless on the cold hard ground with my muscles going numb and cramping up for half an hour till she finally came awake to turn over herself.
by QuacksO August 23, 2017
Get the courtesy delaymug. I love eBay 'cuz they offer lots of largely-forgotten vintage objects, "nerd" videos, and other "commoddity" items.
by QuacksO August 10, 2025
Get the commodditymug. Ms. Abdul has done all right for herself in da music world, so whatever first-and-foremost Paulacy she lives by must be a smart and effective one!
by QuacksO April 27, 2024
Get the Paulacymug. Da degree of either:
(1) how good someone is at pawning off lousy-quality merchandise, or
(2) how skilled someone is at "beating da house".
(1) how good someone is at pawning off lousy-quality merchandise, or
(2) how skilled someone is at "beating da house".
In da 1924 Will Rogers classic, "A Truthful Liar", ambassador Doolittle claims to have had excellent "craptsmanship" by scoring an impressive windfall when playing cards with the King, but his fellow townspeople dismissively wave off his tale as hogwash, and so perhaps said questionable story lacked "craptsmanship" in dat it failed to convince its audience.
by QuacksO August 5, 2024
Get the craptsmanshipmug. The age-old conundrum of "people who seek self-improvement vs. people who need self-improvement" --- generally speaking, the people who are conscientious and unashamedly self-examining enough to actively seek ways to improve themselves do not really need to self-improve very much, whereas the people who truly do need to improve themselves will not admit that they even HAVE a self-inadequacy problem, and so they arrogantly/impatiently refuse to seek or accept help in improving their character or behavior (think, the infamous "getters gettin' got" conversation between Madea and Dr. Phil).
Client, to counsellor, at the outset of their weekly meeting: Breaker one-five for reality check --- come on back?
Counsellor, playing along: Yeah, go ahead, Breaker --- reading you wall-to-wall and treetop-tall.
Client: Thanks --- that's a big ten-four, good buddy. Well, I'm in the process of trying to improve myself, and so I thought I'd send a random shout-out over the waves to check my progress. I've been trying to be more sociable and patient and helpful to everyone, visualize things more from their perspective, and so on.
Counsellor: Well, eights and other good numbers to you on THAT one, good buddy --- that's certainly a positive start. Have you tried self-help books?
Client: Oh, a great BIG ten-four THERE, good buddy --- I've read at least a half-dozen of 'em cover-to-cover, and loved every page; the problem, though, is that I never seem to find any new ideas --- most everything in there is stuff I already know about and am actively practicing, so the books just reassuringly confirm the nature and wisdom of my efforts, not provide fresh perspectives for further improvement.
Counsellor: Ah... well, ten-four, good buddy --- I totally "get you" there... the old "self-help paradox", eh?? The only people who'll read those books are ones who don't need 'em!
Counsellor, playing along: Yeah, go ahead, Breaker --- reading you wall-to-wall and treetop-tall.
Client: Thanks --- that's a big ten-four, good buddy. Well, I'm in the process of trying to improve myself, and so I thought I'd send a random shout-out over the waves to check my progress. I've been trying to be more sociable and patient and helpful to everyone, visualize things more from their perspective, and so on.
Counsellor: Well, eights and other good numbers to you on THAT one, good buddy --- that's certainly a positive start. Have you tried self-help books?
Client: Oh, a great BIG ten-four THERE, good buddy --- I've read at least a half-dozen of 'em cover-to-cover, and loved every page; the problem, though, is that I never seem to find any new ideas --- most everything in there is stuff I already know about and am actively practicing, so the books just reassuringly confirm the nature and wisdom of my efforts, not provide fresh perspectives for further improvement.
Counsellor: Ah... well, ten-four, good buddy --- I totally "get you" there... the old "self-help paradox", eh?? The only people who'll read those books are ones who don't need 'em!
by QuacksO February 3, 2017
Get the self-help paradoxmug. Crunchy potato or corn wafers dat you soak in hormones-altering drugs prior to feeding them to an attractive gal whom you wanna "poke"; da theory is dat hopefully da sex-drive-enhancing substances in da chips will put said hottie more "in da mood" shortly after she chows down on said snacks, and thus she will be more willing to let you get in her pants.
I didn't need any pokeher chips when a stressed-out lady-friend came to visit me one summer evening, since she was already "rarin' to go" from da "get-go"... I'd initially tried to engage her in friendly conversation, but she said she really didn't feel like talking much at that time --- "I'm hot, hungry, and horny!" So I solved the first and last complaints quickly and easily (I simply took all her clothes off, laid her back on my bed and treated her to a major bouncy-bouncy, and then shared a nice long lukewarm shower with her afterwards), then gave her a nice big bowl of milk and leftover sandwiches to devour. I guess it worked... she cheered up considerably while she was chowing down, and eventually settled back on my bed and fell asleep --- with both of us still naked --- in my arms.
by QuacksO August 4, 2019
Get the pokeher chipsmug.