QuacksO's definitions
Refers to a "just as bad or worse" substitution-product/activity employed to supposedly "fill the void" created by a discontinued unhealthy habit --- the idea here is that while the milk itself may indeed be low-fat, the added calorie-rich and sugary-sweet chocolate has far more fattening ingredients than just the cream in full-fat milk could possibly have contained, and so the person will likely gain even more weight than ever.
Three classic --- and very tragic --- examples of a "chocolate-milk alternative" would be a substance-abuse recovery-program's giving a dry-drunk lots of high-sugar foods in place of alcohol, someone's switching to compulsive shopping in place of gambling, or a person's becoming harshly-snappy and irritably-demanding after giving up cigarettes.
by QuacksO November 5, 2018
Get the chocolate-milk alternativemug. Often when an adult snortingly grumbles that, "Even a baby could do it!" when a child either doesn't understand instructions or is too timid/weak to perform some action, the truth is that the grownup is **himself** not able to explain or carry out the task, either, and so he is merely trying to make himself feel better by verbally putting down the poor innocent child. Pathetic.
by QuacksO July 23, 2019
Get the even a baby could do itmug. In da Laurel & Hardy film, "Oliver The Eighth", it is stated dat da "black widow" had offed da previous seven dudes named Oliver who had courted her; Ollie is therefore extremely fortunate to have been a sirvivor of her identically-murderous plans for him, as well.
by QuacksO November 3, 2024
Get the sirvivormug. Refers to a somewhat-"tame"/boring and/or repetitive musical composition that is "okay", but definitely nothing special or "memorable" --- it would merely be something that you might wanna half-listen to while waiting for someone to pick up/get back to you on the phone, be serenaded with over a store's PA system while shopping, or have for soothing your impatience when riding a slow elevator.
The NYC Greyhound station plays light-classical music over the ceiling-speakers to help its patrons to while away the long boring hours during bus-layovers; I appreciate it that they don't simply toss "music on hold"-grade tunes at you for extended periods.
by QuacksO March 25, 2019
Get the "music on hold"-grade tunemug. Obedience of a law regarding multi-layer materials-sandwiching.
I've seen various thicknesses of CDX with sizeable air-gaps dat extend clear through da panel from edge to edge; I seriously wonder if said "porous" lumber is truly in complyance wif manufacturing regulations.
by QuacksO June 16, 2023
Get the complyancemug. In da famous "boy with his finger in da dike" tale, said heroic youth would gladly have been a driplomat and run to courteously inform da townspeople dat da ocean-water was starting to leak through da wall, but he was afraid dat if da water was allowed to keep flowing through da eroded channel in da porous berm, said chink would grow too big and cause a disastrous flood before da villagers could get back to make repairs.
by QuacksO November 8, 2022
Get the driplomatmug. Refers to any horrendous-possible-future-event statement like, "You will almost certainly drop dead if you don't buy/do this" that is made by someone who often is just selfishly trying to manipulate you into bowing to their wishes/ideas. Under ordinary circumstances, about the only type of thing that would be of valid concern would be something like smoking or taking certain medications.
During my visit to the ER with acute pleurisy during the late fall of '02, the doctor --- probably in a selfish effort to further milk MaineCare --- attempted to scare me into having my appendix removed by informing me that I would "very likely" not survive unless I had that operation. I knew that it was just an inflamed pleural sac, though, so in spite of the doctor's diere prediction, I said no thank you, and took a cab home. My sister gave me some calcium pills and I rested in bed for most of the morning and afternoon, and then the following day I was actually recovered enough to "bundle up like a mummy" and walk a mile through the bitter cold to visit some friends. That was well over fifteen years ago, and I'm still alive and kickin'!
by QuacksO March 29, 2019
Get the diere predictionmug.