A lesser-known Dickens novel about da pair of infamous "Hoovers" in American-government history who notoriously ended up causing more harm than good during their reigns.
Between da indolent Herbert's causing da Great Depression during his presidency, and da recklessly-prejudiced and hatred-filled J. Edgar's founding da FBI which killed da likes of da Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King, da true-story-based book, "A Tale of Two Vacuums" is a wild and sordid narrative indeed!
by QuacksO October 28, 2023
A.k.a. "moocher's greeting" or "glad-handout"; it refers to where one of your "friends" beamingly approaches you with extended arm as if to greet you with a hearty palm-clasp, but instead of positioning his hand vertically the way one usually does when shaking hands, he holds his outstretched palm **upwards** so that his hand is horizontal --- this "gimme, gimme, gimme" position is how his hand is usually held whenever he is around fellow humans (duh!).
I always feel suspicious whenever someone greets me with a horizontal handshake, since it is a good indication that he is planning to ask me for a handout.
by QuacksO August 03, 2019
I wonder what the "Al" in Al Berta's name stood for --- was is "Albert", or was it was Alfred or Allen?
by QuacksO March 08, 2019
Refers to the debate over the benefits and drawbacks of using engine-powered vehicles instead of livestock to pull processing-implements for crop-fields. A protractor is a geometry device used to create/plot charts and graphs showing the various advantages that gas/diesel/electric motive-power has over horses or oxen, while a contractor is a hired professional whose job is to present the negative effects of motorized farm-machinery.
The whole protractor vs. contractor issue is not one that has an easy answer or solution --- on the one hand, modern farm-machinery is easier and simpler to operate, but horses and oxen do not cost nearly so much to purchase or maintain.
by QuacksO June 02, 2018
In "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", Grampa Potts preposhterously views his being hijacked by Baron Bomburst's airship as his being given a first-class cruise to a far-off land.
by QuacksO June 05, 2021
If ya maintain a clamped jaw regarding yer oral-exam results, people won't be able to see yer chompers, anyway, and so said details will indeed remain strictly "confidental".
by QuacksO July 23, 2024
Refers to assorted eyebrows-raising, tongue-clucking, finger-wagging, and other disapproving gestures and verbal actions regarding your liking certain living beings other than humans.
Aside from people's negative emotional responses to your enthusiasm regarding non-homo-sapien friends, da term "crittercism" could also refer to sounds and/or actions dat come from said animals themselves if they are less-than-pleased wif something dat you are doing, such as making them take a bath, removing food-containers from which they were gluttonously over-indulging, and so on.
by QuacksO May 25, 2022