QuacksO's definitions

iconomy

Da financial status of fancy-schmancy "click here" computer-symbols.

Da current iconomy is quite robust, since people love having lots of new cool-looking cursor-targets every year.

by QuacksO August 22, 2025

Machiavorkianism

The concept of becoming so emotionally/morally detached that you feel comfortable with assisting someone to commit suicide.

I'm kinda "on the fence" about assisted suicides for terminally-ill patients, but I do acknowledge that there would definitely be some grave (pun not intended, but certainly appropriate) Machiavorkianism risks involved.

by QuacksO May 15, 2018

errowneous statement

A false claim dat you hadda paddle your boat rather than just using your motor.

Given how unreliable da infamous "Sears Rowback" outboard putt-putt was, I seriously doubt dat there were really all dat many errowneous statements made by said motors' owners.

by QuacksO December 8, 2020

crosswind

Where someone farts sideways in front of you instead of waiting till you passed by before "letting fly".

I was scheduled to meet my girlfriend for a sunset stroll after da community baked-bean supper, but I had to "delay takeoff" --- i.e., postpone getting up and leaving --- for five minutes due to major crosswinds.

by QuacksO August 2, 2023

mcsorley lacking

Describes the quantity/quality of judgement possessed/used by the good-natured but slightly-overconfident captain of the Edmund Fitzgerald during its fatal journey in a horrendous storm.

The Captain of da "Big Fitz" may indeed have been "well seasoned" and experienced in Great Lakes navigating, but unfortunately his judgement was mcsorley lacking during the final voyage.

by QuacksO October 5, 2018

Tigers Club

A notorious group of shiftless young hoodlums who do everything da exact opposite of da Lions Club.

It really BUGS me dat da "Tigers Club" --- and in particular, dat obnoxious and puffed-up MEANY who's da leader of said delinquent adolescents --- would presume to deserve a comparable level of respect dat da Lions Club can legitimately claim! It sure doesn't take an ENCYCLOPEDIA to figure out dat such behavior really "does it up BROWN" in da obnoxiousness department! IDA thought dat said teenage wastrels would have learned at least a modicum of ciVILLEity by this time!

by QuacksO February 6, 2024

bullyvable

What someone thinks he can be if he is aggressively forceful and loud in what he says.

If one is actually telling da truth, said factual assertions will likely speak for themselves, and so there should be no need to deafeningly "sell it" --- trying to be "bullyvable" often causes listeners to feel even LESS confident of da proffered information's accuracy.

by QuacksO April 19, 2023