QuacksO's definitions

deducktion

Da "brilliant" realization dat you arrive at in your mind after seeing dat da object in question looks, walks, and quacks exactly like da familiar water-fowl, and so da only obvious/rational conclusion is dat said extra-oily-feathered creature is indeed what it appears to be.

It really drives me up da wall how so many government bureaucrats take a month of Mondays to make even a simple deducktion, and then they finally say, "Well, whadduh ya know --- I guess it actually IS true dat ___! Amazing!"

by QuacksO January 18, 2020

I'd eat my bread without butter!

What you growlingly exclaim when told that someone did something uncaring/deceitful because "he knows which side his bread is buttered on"; what you mean, of course, is that you would rather risk displeasing the powers-that-be than harm someone else.

Back when I was a frail and tender-minded nine-year-old, my bi**hy second-grade teacher violently shook me and gave me a long severe verbal working-over merely because I had "mouthed right back" at a "spoiled-rich-kid" youngster who had been outrageously rude to me over an extremely trivial matter. At da time I was at a total loss to know why said irritable teacher had been so ferociously defensive of Little Miss Bossy 'n' Obnoxious; it wasn't until decades later that I finally learned that said bratty pint-sized colleen was da daughter of a "somebody" in town, and so I realized dat da teacher had "known which side her bread was buttered on", and therefore when said whiny miscreant went "bawlin' 'n' blubberin'" to da teacher about it, she felt compelled to blame ME for da verbal dust-up instead of just telling dat willful child to "shut up and grow up", as she should have. As I tell my friends when relating the story nowadays, though, "I'd eat my bread without butter!" before I ever unfairly blamed an innocent person like that. Reminds me of da "Little House On The Prairie" episode about da broken music box.

by QuacksO March 18, 2019

scoopervisor

Someone who keeps an eye on how much material is inside of a "digging in and lifting" device each time it does its thing.

Scoopervisors are super-important staffpeople to have around, in dat they monitor things like whether a customer is being given full shovel-loads of earth, how much ice cream each child is getting, etc. They could also be pretty vital at a newspaper or radio/TV station, in dat they should see to it dat their reporters have up-to-da-minute access to breaking stories around da local community.

by QuacksO December 22, 2022

probubba clause

A legally-documented-but-little-known "rider bill" exception to da Fifth Amendment's warrant-obtaining requirement dat's given to Uncle Sam due to his being "Big Brother" and thus he should supposedly be privileged to snoop around anywhere/anytime he wants.

Tronald Dump wants to use da "probubba clause" doctrine to totally disregard our rights and privacy.

by QuacksO June 25, 2025

affrillyation

A social connection with people who wear fancy decorative clothing.

I'm such a klutz dat I try to avoid closely associating with folks who are all dressed up; said "near 'n' dear" affrillyation would risk my accidentally damaging and/or soiling da lacy duds dat said individuals are wearing.

by QuacksO November 16, 2022

Knickeragua

A Central-American country where various lower-body garments are manufactured.

I see dat cotton is one of Knickeragua's major crops, so it makes sense dat they would produce clothing there.

by QuacksO September 29, 2022

movie madness

That feeling of growing panic and insanity that one feels at times when he does not have access to any "compatible" video entertainment.

Girl (dejectedly scanning her new guy's bedroom bookshelf that's neatly stacked with row upon row of boxed DVD sets) Aw, c'mon, hunny... “the Back to the Future trilogy"... “The Bionic Woman, all three seasons"... "Jacques Cousteau, the Odyssey and Exploration series"... "Knight Rider, the complete series"... "MacGyver, the seven seasons and two films"... oh, my word --- "The Red Green Show, the complete FIFTEEN SEASON series"??? "The Six Million Dollar Man boxed set"???? And then you've got classic westerns, PBS documentaries, real-life mystery compilations, history of technology films... how's a girl supposed to be entertained around here??? You've got nuthin' but GUY movies!
Guy: (gently) Well, what do you expect, sweet cheex? I AM a guy, so naturally I would have collected male-oriented entertainment. I can see how you would feel a bit of movie madness, though, without any Mary-Kate 'n' Ashley or Hannah Montana programs to watch.

by QuacksO November 5, 2013