QuacksO's definitions

saidative

A tranquilizing treatment dat involves soothing spoken words.

Calming someone down wif a saidative is usually a much safer alternative to resorting to chemical-type sleep-inducers.

by QuacksO January 30, 2023

analiceis

What Martin Gardner created wif da "Annotated" book.

Lewis Carrol subtly incorporated so many enigmatic little "Easter eggs" into his famous two books about his favorite adventurous little girl dat a great volume of analiceis was necessary to reveal and explain all of these clever secrets.

by QuacksO June 27, 2021

bamboo-zled

Tricked into thinking you’re getting real bamboo when it’s actually just some cheap crappy imitation (think, using dried marsh-grass blades or cattail leaves for creating a basket, lamp-shade, or mat/curtain, instead of da genuine natural-plastic woven slats).

I hired a fly-by-night landscaper to plant a “tubular grass” fringe around my house, but the lyin’ shyster just stuck in a weedy thicket of Japanese knotweed --- I got seriously bamboo-zled on THAT deal!

by QuacksO September 3, 2018

papyruscy

Plagiarism in ancient times.

Seeing as how it's been so long since da ancient scrolls of Rome, Greece, and Egypt were originally penned, any associated copyrights have probably long since expired, and thus da content of said vintage texts has likely passed into da public domain; I would therefore imagine dat nowadays you would be free to quote from these antique writings all you want without fear of being sued for papyruscy.

by QuacksO February 24, 2024

horizontal handshake

A.k.a. "moocher's greeting" or "glad-handout"; it refers to where one of your "friends" beamingly approaches you with extended arm as if to greet you with a hearty palm-clasp, but instead of positioning his hand vertically the way one usually does when shaking hands, he holds his outstretched palm **upwards** so that his hand is horizontal --- this "gimme, gimme, gimme" position is how his hand is usually held whenever he is around fellow humans (duh!).

I always feel suspicious whenever someone greets me with a horizontal handshake, since it is a good indication that he is planning to ask me for a handout.

by QuacksO August 2, 2019

rainbow greeting

A smilingly-playful salutation dat consists of da phrase, "The color between orange and green." Translation: "YELLOOOO!"

A rainbow greeting is da greatest --- why just SAY hello when ya can YELL it? :D

by QuacksO May 7, 2022

stripulation

A proviso of an agreement whereby someone has to remove some or all of his garments.

In his historical agreement with her regarding his treating his subjects more reasonably, Lady Godiva's husband made an infamous stripulation.

by QuacksO February 7, 2022