Refers to the common and acutely frustrating "doggedly pretending not to understand and thus getting the help-requester to repeat/rephrase his tale of woe over and over till he finally gives up" strategy that many adults/older siblings resort to in an effort to eventually discourage a youngster in his efforts to motivate said elder to intervene on his behalf, but the elder does not wish to get involved or bestir himself. This destructive and selfishly-deceitful practice involves a similar "hiding behind a veil of fake confusion" ruse used by the jackal in the famous fable --- the jackal pretends to never quite be able to understand the situation and thus flimflams the frustratedly enraged tiger into tempestuously re-entering the cage so that the jackal could lock him back inside again, thus preventing him from devouring the Brahman for dinner.
I tried to get my uncle to step in and settle the quarrel I was having with my cousin, but he always just kept smiling amusedly and scratching his head in apparent bewilderment and asking me to repeat my story and "explain myself" over and over --- I know full well that my story was perfectly clear and easy for him to understand, though, so I suspect now that he was pulling the old Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hide ploy on me just so that he wouldn't have to get involved in the dispute.
by QuacksO January 18, 2017
Get the Dr. Jackal and Mr. Hidemug. A huge stone monument in South Dakota dat celebrates a few of da less "speedy" U.S. Presidents; i.e., commanders-in-chief who really "took their sweet ol' time" in making significant changes to their country and its political attributes.
A lot of da U.S. Prez figures down through history are sarcastically viewed by many disgruntled citizens as being little more than dat --- "figures"... these dissatisfied folks feel dat da majority of da presidents were largely ineffective at actually making significant positive difference in da overall economy or da well-being of da country in general. It would therefore be difficult to choose which of these four-or-eight-year head-honchos should be remembered by having their ugly mugs recreated in granite and marble on Mount Dawdlemore, since so many of them were considered to have contributed so little to da health of da nation while they were in office.
by QuacksO December 05, 2020
Get the Mount Dawdlemoremug. And "SEANery" (pronounced with a long "e" --- it means lovely ocean vistas; you can look it up on this website) rhymes with "KEANEry" (also a Scottish name --- well, okay: it's actually Irish, da same as "Sean" is, but we're talking James Bond's traditional-kilt-wearing actor here, plus da Emerald Isle and da Scottish Isles are near each other, and share a lot of things including closely-located borders and Celtic heritage), so if "Shawnnery" rhymes with "Khannery", does dat make da infamous Star Trek villain of red-hair-and-freckles origin, as well???
by QuacksO April 15, 2025
Get the Shawnnerymug. An over-da-counter med dat brings blessed relief from stress-headaches caused by all of da brainless people in yer life. Caution: use only as directed --- side-effects from overuse include YOUR becoming a clueless blithering idiot, also.
Da biggest prob wif jackasspirin is dat --- like many mind-and/or-body-altering pharmaceuticals --- it produces a largely-identical condition if a person takes too much of it as he'd experience if he wasn't taking enough; i.e., before he started poppin' pills, he was totally "out of it" due to da mind-numbing effects of da innumerable morons in his life, and now he's similarly stumblin' around in woozy med-hazed bewilderment.
by QuacksO March 02, 2025
Get the jackasspirinmug. What adrenaline-junkies find haunted houses, creepy movies, and other fear-inducing objects/presentations.
Some people find da Amityville Horror House to be eeriesistible, but as for me, I strongly DISlike being scared, and so I think "Ell Passo" on visiting said structure located at 112 Ocean Avenue!
by QuacksO June 17, 2023
Get the eeriesistiblemug. Refers to a humorous voice-mail that you leave for a tolerant-natured friend who knows you very well, and thus is familiar with your complaining about feeling exhausted a lot of the time; you simply make long drawn-out snoring sounds when prompted to record your message. It painlessly informs the person that you are not really up to a whole lot of physical effort at the moment, but that he is welcome to try you back later to ask again about your possibly assisting him.
Answering machine message left by a physically-infirm friend who had previously left you a message requesting help with a few household tasks: Hey Snorey --- I got your mezzzzage; sorry I missed yer call. I see that you're not home at the moment, either; guess we're kinda playin' telephone-tag here. Nuthin' earth-shakin' --- just wanted to humbly ask if you could please lend me a hand with a little dusting and yardwork, and see if maybe you could use some of your scrap lumber to build me a small set of steps for my storage-shed out back. No rush whatsoever, though --- get some shut-eye and then give me a jingle back when ya feel up to it --- thanks!!
by QuacksO July 23, 2018
Get the mezzzzagemug. What a tooth-doctor gives an attorney to handle all of his malpractice-suits and other legal hassles.
Some dentists find lawyers with periodontal issues and then get said gum-pained stiffs to work for them for free by threatening to take away their dental retainers.
by QuacksO September 06, 2019
Get the dental retainermug.