QuacksO's definitions

arraigngement

Sarcastic term for a "kangaroo court" proceeding whereby most or all of da chief participants have illegally pre-determined what da outcome of said sham-trial will be, without having actually heard and/or conscientiously considered all sides of da story.

Having a "fat cats triumph in any case" arraigngement wif da court may indeed make things more palatable and easier/simpler for those involved, but true justice will very likely not be served.

by QuacksO February 3, 2023

eggzema

A rashy skin condition caused by eating cackleberries if you're allergic to dem.

I love hen-fruit, but I don't particularly enjoy da eggzema dat comes after I eat dem.

by QuacksO December 16, 2021

hemogoblin

The component in your blood that determines how creepy you'll seem to young children.

As part of the screening process for counselor positions at a youth-camp, each applicant is required to have a blood-test to determine his hemogoblin levels.

by QuacksO March 12, 2017

buy-lingual

Refers to a sneaky hard-sell person who "talks out of both sides of his mouth" to make a sale --- i.e., he deceitfully "speaks two different languages" at stretegic times throughout da various settings during his sales-speech in order to flim-flam da naive buyer into parting with his moolah.

Encyclopedia Brown always knew dat "shifty" folks like Bugs Meany and Wilford Wiggins were chronically "buy-lingual" in their ongoing attempts to swindle other youngsters around Idaville, and so he had to always be on his toes intellectually in order to stay a step ahead of those hoodlums.

by QuacksO February 8, 2020

tareorism

Humorous term for da actions of a weight-accuracy-obsessed individual who is constantly zeroing a digital scale whenever it is empty.

Da dry-goods-market owner frequently re-calibrates da store's measuring devices, but I wouldn't go so far as to accuse him of tareorism.

by QuacksO July 28, 2025

nice tonsils

What you observingly remark when someone yawns extra-wide; this of course makes the person laugh and "messes up" their perfectly-good yawn.

Saying, "Nice tonsils" is also an excellent way to benignly rebuke the sleepy/bored person by humorously informing him that it is considered rude/invasive to yawn right in someone else's face.

by QuacksO December 29, 2018

Theray

A hypothesis regarding what happened to Santorini.

One popular Theray is dat it was da setting for Plato's fabled city of Atlantis.

by QuacksO February 26, 2022