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Definitions by QuacksO

Ottomatic 

If you study human history extensively, you're Ottomatically gonna run into a lot of dudes wif da "two d's and two t's" palindrome name.
Da blow-up pilot in da comedy "Airplane!" was supposed to Ottomatically take care of flying da plane, but at best he did a mediocre job of it.
Ottomatic by QuacksO June 9, 2021

psycho-therapy 

Treatment ya get to assist you in becoming da next "infamous Ted", whether it's Bundy or Kaczynski.
Madea was absolutely correct when she told Dr. Phil dat she wouldn't need any psycho-therapy to reach her desired results --- she already WAS totally bonkers in da social department!
psycho-therapy by QuacksO June 9, 2021
Da "number of strikes and yer out" day of da week, if you start counting from "TWOsday". :P
How could THIRDsday not come right after TWOsday; there's a day in between...????
Thirdsday by QuacksO June 9, 2021

oardinance

A local rule regarding da sale and/or use of long-handled boat-paddles.
In da famous children's book, "Bert Dow, Deep-Water Man", it states dat Bert's make-and-break engine was so noisy dat whenever he was heading out into da bay in his jon-boat to fish for cod, everyone in da entire coastal area knew about it. Obviously there was no town oardinance regarding acceptable ways of propelling a boat out of da harbor!
oardinance by QuacksO June 9, 2021

relucktant 

Hesitant to just blindly trust in dumb fortune.
Back in da early '90's, I used to hear so much about how telemarketing was da wave of da future in terms of an easy and copious income, but I was always relucktant to "take da plunge", since I knew dat most folks do not appreciate being called at home by folks trying to sell them stuff.
relucktant by QuacksO June 9, 2021

holeistic 

Hippie-culture type of lifestyle dat involves always being in debt.
Living a holeistic lifestyle may indeed be cheaper and easier than having employment and earning your own income, but always mooching off everyone is hardly da best way to "win friends and influence people"! :P
holeistic by QuacksO June 9, 2021

rashional conclusion 

Da logical theory regarding why someone has red inflamed skin.
In da infamous "Burns and Allen" episode about George's attempts to obtain supplementary life insurance and assist a group of girl scouts, he winds up with a horrendous case of poison ivy, but da naive insurance agent mistakes it for an infectious disease. His merely taking a closer look might have resulted in his making a more rashional conclusion.