A stupid-a** reason for playing a table-balls-type game instead of working, partaking of outdoor activities, spending time with family and/or friends, etc.
Andy Capp uses any excuese he can think of to head off to the snooker-hall instead of getting a job or helping Flo with housework.
by QuacksO November 25, 2019
Wonder what da opposite action of "demonstrate" would actually be, since merely showing how good something is or how it works is not always a "demonic" or horrible undertaking? Maybe to "angelstrate" something is where you merely claim dat a product or practice will work well, and others trustingly view you as being such an "angel" dat they do not ask you to actually show them dat whatever you're touting is indeed effective or legit?
by QuacksO December 25, 2019
If STOODire refers to lampooning performed while positioned upright on your feet, then how could SATire still be so effective at getting your audience to guffaw their heads off, since conceivably you would not be able to make such hilarious bodily-gestures while making your oral presentation?
by QuacksO May 12, 2022
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