Definitions by QuacksO

squibble 

Portmanteau of the words, "squabble" and "quibble". Humorously used to mean grouching over petty stuff.

I got two rotten fruits in my bulk-produce purchase, but the items were all on sale and that particular store has always been exceptionally helpful and generous to me in the past, so I ain't gonna squibble about it.

squibble by QuacksO April 7, 2020

vaudevillain

Someone who "plays da bad guy" during a multi-act stage-show.

In "Huckleberry Finn", da King and da Duke were both just "regular rapscallions" who were out to cheat their audience-members, and so one could indeed accurately describe them as real "vaudevillains".

vaudevillain by QuacksO April 5, 2020

wrapscallion 

A less-than-honorable produce-processing employee whose job it is to bind up individual bunches of shallots and leeks in cling-film.

I detest da smell of any veggie in da onion-family dat I consider anyone who works wif said pungent-aroma-producing plants in any stage of production to be a regular wrapscallion!

wrapscallion by QuacksO April 5, 2020

inquizitive 

Describes someone who is overly curious about how you scored on a test.

When taking personal-subject-matter self-help/character-assessment questionnaires online, I use one of those privacy-filter screen-protectors to foil any inquizitive shoulder-surfers who might happen by.

inquizitive by QuacksO April 5, 2020

purseuasion 

"Opening one's wallet/handbag" to convince someone to agree to your wishes; i.e., cash bribery. A usually-super-unwise practice nutritious for its use by grandparents and/or aunts/uncles to get da family's small fry to behave, submit to basic/routine/necessary/reasonable discomforts, delays, ordeals, etc., often causing said point-sized brats to become even more spoiled and expecting to always be rewarded for even minimal tolerance and socially-acceptable behavior.

I hear dat petty crime, lack of personal care, and other serious misbehavior among da teen population is of such epidemic proportions in some areas dat da authorities are actually resorting to purseuasion in their attempts to reduce said social indolence. Sounds to me like a mostly counterproductive choice of action, since handing out cash-payments as an incentive for simply "being good" will likely only further instill da "Why should I overly exert myself to practice moral responsibility merely because it's the correct thing to do?" mindset dat is already ingrained in said juvenile delinquents' lazy brains! Oh, don't get me wrong --- I am indeed all for rewarding good behavior, but not like THAT --- a healthier way would be to have it be a "delayed gratification" (i.e., something nice that they will receive a few years "down the road") incentive like a partial/full scholarship, lower auto-insurance rates, a break in property/income-taxes, being exempted from "snack-food tax", etc.

purseuasion by QuacksO April 5, 2020

Floorida 

A southern state where everyone habitually "puts the pedal to the metal".

Since the terrain in most of the Sunshine State is flat as a table, naming it "Floorida" could be appropriate in another case, as well, since said level ground would make it easier to lay down tiles or linoleum.

Floorida by QuacksO April 5, 2020

FIEnancial 

Da topic of income/spending regarding da "four-word chanting" giant who lives in da castle at da top of da beanstalk.

"Fee, fie, fo, fum --- I've suffered great FIEnancial loss at da thieving hands of dat bratty pint-sized Englishman! He not only stole my bag of gold, my golden-egg-laying hen, and golden harp, but he also greedily crammed his cheeks with some of my food, and my overly-generous wife didn't even charge him any FEE for it!"

FIEnancial by QuacksO April 5, 2020