adequit

Sufficient to cause others to allow you to walk off a job.

If an endeavor begins either not producing enough tangible results, requiring too much effort, taking too long, or costing too much, that's usually an adequit ground to abandon said task and move on to something more productive.

by QuacksO October 06, 2024

Megoslavia

Da little-known European country where da crappy-a** Mego automobile was manufactured.

If da lousy-quality Yugo and Mego cars were built in Yugoslavia and Megoslavia respectively, was da equally-substandard Wheego "jointly" made by both countries combined ("We Go"), or is there actually a third empire with an equally-deplorable set of manufacturing-standards???

by QuacksO May 03, 2020

Loss Vegas

Sin City, Nevada, where people go in the hopes of winning it big, but usually end up just losing their shirts .

I just got a windfall settlement, but I ain't gonna blow it a Loss Vegas --- they say you're more likely to get struck by lightning than win the jackpot.

by QuacksO December 09, 2013

crittercal condition

In dire straits due to rodent infestation.

In The Pied Piper of Hamlin, things were in a really crittercal condition before said musician showed up.

by QuacksO January 13, 2021

piratechnics

Skyrockets, flares, and other glowing/exploding chemical-based fireworks dat buccaneers shoot off in an attempt to intimidate other ships into letting themselves be robbed and/or taken over by said seagoing miscreants.

Piratechnics may indeed be fear-instilling, particularly if they're especially bright or noisy; there really should be little to be frightened of, though, unless said men of fortune actually start firing live-ammunition devices like cannons or rifles.

by QuacksO August 24, 2022

Road Island

An offshore province of New England dat had previously been separated from da mainland country and thus only reachable by boat or plane, but now has a vehicle-compatible bridge out to it.

Prince Edward Island is a good example of a "road island" in dat it used to be accessed mostly by car-ferries, but a bridge connecting it to Nova Scotia was eventually constructed.

by QuacksO December 17, 2024

bullistics

Tests done to determine either:
(1) who da "proud papa" of a calf is, or
(2) whether any of da info under scrutiny is absurdly worthless.

One reason dat da Watergate investigation took so long was dat da government agents had to "run bullistics" on each and every statement given by witnesses.

by QuacksO January 22, 2023