QuacksO's definitions
Refers to a totally-legal but still-somewhat-devious practice of writing personal checks for comparatively-minuscule bills --- like maybe just two or three bucks for a bag of fresh vegetables from a roadside farm-stand --- instead of paying them in cash, and then secretly hoping that the checks’ recipients will not want to bother going to the extra effort of cashing said “tiny” checks, and thus your bank-account’s “balance” will be unaffected by your purchases.
Practicing the “system of checks and balances” can have varying degrees of success, depending on various factors, such as how strapped your checks’ recipients are for cash, how accustomed they are to cashing/depositing checks, or how willing/able they are to accept checks, especially for such paltry amounts (here’s where paying with checks at an unattended “drop the money in the slot” or “place the money in the cup/jar” merchandise-stand can be a good idea, since there will be nobody there to balk at your paying with a check). Extra points if you “embellish” the checks with flowery praising messages about how wonderful the sellers’ merchandise/service is, since it may stroke the people’s ego so much that they will prefer to “frame it rather than cash it” (again, especially since the check is for such a small amount, and so its value might likely not mean all that much to the person’s overall budget) when deciding what to do with your checks.
by QuacksO September 9, 2018
Get the system of checks and balancesmug. Stands for "pleasant physical contact", such as when one or more blinky-eyed cuties obligingly slap yer hand wif their own soft warm palms as you walk by them, or when an attention-seeking toddler smilingly raises his/her arms to you in a "please pick me up for snuggles" gesture, and so you cradle him on your lap and savoringly share a few moments of contented cooing closeness before said pint-size jumps back down and happily patters off to play again.
Playing "pinkie-tips" (i.e., lightly pressing da pad of your little finger against that of your friend on your way past him) can be a good alternative to a high-five on a hot day --- you and your friend still get to enjoy a little P.P.C. without getting too "close 'n' personal" when your hands are all damp 'n' disgusting.
by QuacksO February 1, 2020
Get the P.P.C.mug. An dumb-ass error that causes you and/or others a lot of mild-to-moderate "pain", either physical or mental/emotional.
Campus electrician: I forgot to hook the water-heater back up after I re-did the wiring in the utility-room, and so all da poor students hadda take cold showers the next morning and grumpily showed up for classes wif blueish skin and painful cramps --- what a mistache I made!
by QuacksO July 4, 2018
Get the mistachemug. Cell phone unreliability is a rampant problem; it's especially SIMbolic of units with removable data-chips.
by QuacksO November 23, 2020
Get the SIMbolicmug. Refers to the act of glancing at the netting over your window/door to see how many flying bloodsuckers are landed on it before deciding whether or not to venture outside.
You'll want to always give "the great outdoors" a pre-screening before just mindlessly heading out the door, so that you don't get eaten alive once you're out there.
by QuacksO June 28, 2019
Get the pre-screeningmug. Heat/abrasion-resistant barrier to protect you from da rude/disrespectful speech/attitude dat others direct at you.
One major piece of advice dat I received in human-interaction counseling was to develop a thicker layer of mental/emotional insolation so dat others' verbally-hurtful "barbs" wouldn't "penetrate" so deeply into my soul.
by QuacksO January 16, 2022
Get the insolationmug. The inflated degree of hoped-for euphoria that one initially possesses when trying out a new psychedelic drug, spiritual/meditation regimen, etc.
It's not a good idea to have high expectations, especially if you have trouble handling disappointment. Everyone's metabolism and chemical makeup is different, so individual results and effects will vary widely (and WILDly).
by QuacksO May 20, 2018
Get the high expectationsmug.