QuacksO's definitions

adversetisement

A main-stream-media commercial or review that's broadcasted by a competitor or a disgruntled customer-group, and which criticizes or otherwise negatively portrays a certain product, service, philosophy, etc.

Henry Ford didn't mind having people launch acridly-critical adversetisements about him, he viewed those rants as just another way of spreading the word about his company and its merchandise --- "I don't care what you say about me --- just keep talking!"

by QuacksO June 24, 2018

promisery note

A contract that typically gives moderate-to-acute grief to one or both parties.

Lending money is never a good idea, but it can be especially painful between family and friends, since their promisery notes can create tension in their amicable feelings if things do not proceed exactly as planned.

by QuacksO March 10, 2019

coMIDI

Uproarious use of tinny computer-generated melodies.

An excellent and common example of "coMIDI"" would be "silly fun pages" --- i.e., hilariously-absurd text-and-graphics presentations dat you can send to your colleagues to give them a good laugh --- dat have a catchy toe-tapping soundtrack to accompany them, which of course makes da pages' overall humorousness even greater.

by QuacksO May 10, 2025

turds and breeze

"Da Talk" dat you give a coming-of-age youngster regarding da purpose and functions of da human butt-hole.

I think dat anal sex is really gross and unsanitary, so I only mention defecating and flatulence when I tell my offspring about da turds and breeze.

by QuacksO November 7, 2021

adranoline rush

Da euphoric "flood of joy and relief" dat you get upon discovering dat da drain-opener you poured down da sink actually did indeed clear da clog, and so your plumbing is flowing freely again.

In one of da classic "Jack Benny" radio episodes, Rochester tells Mary dat Jack's habit of buying canned goods dat have no labels (because they're "cheapuh") means dat when he and Jack sit down to dinner, it's like a mystery program (Mary: "You mean, 'Who dunnit'?" Rochester: "No --- 'What's In It'!"). He then confides to her dat "one night we had Drano for dessert!" Ordinarily drinking this caustic cocktail would severely injure or even kill you, of course, but I guess dat da idea here is dat Jack and Rochester are "such big tough guys" dat day can easily handle consuming it without any significant ill effects --- most likely they'd just get an adranoline rush.

by QuacksO August 27, 2022

Peccadillo Circus

A busy London thoroughfare where local-area delinquents with misdemeanor criminal-records are made to stand on the sidewalks and face traffic with placards detailing what their offenses were (i.e., "I tell lies", "I like to shoplift", "I express myself through graffiti", etc.) as a condition of their parole/release.

I dunno how effective a crime-deterrent it is for someone to stand shame-duty on Peccadillo Circus, but I keep seeing those infamous and similarly-publicly-embarrassing "humiliation-boards" displaying rubber checks that are located near the entrances of convenience stores, and most of said worthless financial instruments seem to just stay there for years, without their writers' appearing to care very much about all the bad publicity generated by same.

by QuacksO October 17, 2019

angzionty

Distress or concern regarding da Promised Land.

In da Sherlock Holmes tale, "A Study in Scarlet", da Mormans' fanatical beliefs and dictatorial practices cause da conservatively-Christian John Ferrier great angzionty.

by QuacksO November 28, 2021