Some people make a big deal about how supposedly charming and suave da leading man in "Gone With The Wind" is, but I felt generally turned off by him as just an arrogant dandy, so I think dat da praise is really just a lotta rhettoric.
by QuacksO August 03, 2021
A "supplementary" padlock that you irritably add to a staple already containing a padlock, to express your simmering resentment towards someone for preventing you from accessing whatever it is that he has secured with his own padlock; now he himself will not be able to easily access it, either.
Installing a hate lock is an effective but totally-harmless (i.e., it does not actually damage anything; the owner is merely delayed in proceeding until he finds some heavy-duty bolt-cutters) way to exact revenge on someone for locking up something. Extra points if you sarcastically use a pink heart-shaped "love lock" (especially appropriate for uncooperative exes) instead of just an everyday "generic" padlock to "doubly secure" the staple, or if you use a multi-hole lockout-hasp with six additional padlocks attached instead of just a single padlock, so that the original padlocker will have to really toil with da ol' angle-grinder for a lengthy period before gaining access himself. Plus if you're totally snortin'-mad and wish to really humiliate/distress him, you can even stake out the location and watch for him to arrive and begin cutting off the locks, and then you can make an anonymous 911 call so that the cops will come and investigate, since it would logically appear to others that he's trying to break in.
by QuacksO December 16, 2017
To walk and/or act in an openly casual and self-confident (or self-IMPORTANT!) manner, causing irritation and/or resentment in others from your pert attitude; especially when:
(A) your arrival was unannounced/unexpected, and so those present were not prepared to conveniently receive or assist you, or
(B) you lack or did not bestir yourself to obtain the usually-expected experience, paperwork, preparations, credential-references, etc. for your requests to be reasonably fulfilled. or
(C) you have behaved/performed poorly in the past regarding matters similar to what you presently have in mind, and so your would-be providers are none too confident or eager to fulfill your requests.
(A) your arrival was unannounced/unexpected, and so those present were not prepared to conveniently receive or assist you, or
(B) you lack or did not bestir yourself to obtain the usually-expected experience, paperwork, preparations, credential-references, etc. for your requests to be reasonably fulfilled. or
(C) you have behaved/performed poorly in the past regarding matters similar to what you presently have in mind, and so your would-be providers are none too confident or eager to fulfill your requests.
Bank loan officer (crossly), "You know, you've got SOME NERVE waltzing in here asking for a loan --- three years ago we loaned you a million dollars to look for oil, and you didn't find a drop!"
Oil prospector (casually): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (raising his eyebrows in annoyance): "And then two years ago we loaned you three million dollars to drill for oil, and you came up with nuthin' but dry holes that time, too!"
Oil prospector (shrugging): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (giving a snort under his breath and beginning to twitch angrily): "And then last year we loaned you TEN million dollars to do more prospecting, and you STILL couldn't find any oil!"
Oil prospector (still as sunny and flippant as ever): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (finally blowing his stack): "Why do you keep saying 'it could have been worse'?! We've lost nearly FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS through you!"
Oil prospector (smugly): "Could have been my money."
Oil prospector (casually): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (raising his eyebrows in annoyance): "And then two years ago we loaned you three million dollars to drill for oil, and you came up with nuthin' but dry holes that time, too!"
Oil prospector (shrugging): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (giving a snort under his breath and beginning to twitch angrily): "And then last year we loaned you TEN million dollars to do more prospecting, and you STILL couldn't find any oil!"
Oil prospector (still as sunny and flippant as ever): "Could have been worse."
Bank loan officer (finally blowing his stack): "Why do you keep saying 'it could have been worse'?! We've lost nearly FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS through you!"
Oil prospector (smugly): "Could have been my money."
by QuacksO October 02, 2011
Slamming your company's opponent may indeed be advantageous initially, but dat's just until said rival outfit comes up wif an ambashador of its own!
by QuacksO January 11, 2025
What a doctor shruggingly remarks when someone requests a different-from-the-standard-practice procedure for stitching up a wound, and said physician cannot see what difference said alternative method would make, but wants to accommodate the patient whenever possible.
"Suture self," said the surgeon, when I asked him to use cotton sewing-thread instead of synthetic-fiber floss.
by QuacksO August 16, 2019
(from Charles Dickens' classic book "A Tale Of Two Cities") Identifies the accusing party who would have been testifying against Madame DeFarge if said violent lady --- rather than being killed with her own smuggled pistol --- had been taken into custody and tried in a court of law.
If Madame DeFarge had not been killed with her own pistol, she would likely have been challenged in court for attempted murder, and the no-nonsense governess and friend of Lucie Manette would likely have served as the Prossecution after said Madame's famous armed confrontation with her.
by QuacksO February 09, 2020
A guydance counselor can equally help da male and female members of da human race, in dat he/she can both advise da whiskers-growing specimens on how to treat each other and da ladies in their lives, and also offer helpful suggestions to da child-bearers regarding da best ways to interact wif da testosterone-steeped individuals in their lives.
by QuacksO January 21, 2022