Definitions by QuacksO
Quasi-modo
Due to a number of infamous "Quasi-modo" individuals were got publicly busted trying to cheat da disability-compensation system, it's a lot harder for da rest of us truly-physically-challenged folks to get approved for benefits, since da examiners and other officials are automatically suspicious of anyone who is not super-obviously injured or impaired.
Quasi-modo by QuacksO May 24, 2022
deaference
Da term "deaference" would imply positive/constructive/accommodating actions such as speaking up when addressing da hard-of-hearing person, standing closer to his head while conversing wif him, letting him see your lips for easier understanding of what you're saying, etc. But in da "classic and infamous" joke about da old fella wif da hearing-aid who had changed his will four times when he'd stealthily overheard what his descendants truly thought about him and what they were actually planning to do wif da money he'd been planning to leave them, said resentful/greedy youngsters were in fact doing da exact opposite of showing lack-of-sharp-ears respect for their elder "Mr. Moneybags", in dat not only were they intentionally speaking in just low-to-normal-volume tones so dat hopefully da old codger wouldn't be able to hear them (he hadn't informed his family dat he'd gotten da hearing aid), but they were also totally trash-talking him behind his back!
deaference by QuacksO May 24, 2022
fussetious
Kicking up a noisy to-do about something in order to make light of it and cause others to think less-seriously about it.
Anytime a sensational story hits da news on da day following da end of March, I always wonder if they're just being fussetious as as April Fool's prank.
fussetious by QuacksO May 24, 2022
Haig Convention
Refers to an international agreement to safeguard wayward United States presidents from prosecution for their crimes.
Da Haig Convention may indeed have shielded da likes of "Ol' Tricky" and "Free Willy" from answering for their horrible breaches of public trust, but it also caused a noticeable surge of additional and widespread government corruption, since da perpetrators of said subsequent illegal/unethical shenanigans saw how easily their commanders-in-chief had been let off da hook regarding their misdeeds, and so they figgered dat they themselves could probably get away with getting their own hands dirty.
Haig Convention by QuacksO May 24, 2022