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Definitions by QuacksO

no reasonable offer refused 

Translation: Seller wants "all outdoors" for the advertised merchandise.
Humorous quote from a used-cars dealer's ad: "No reasonable offer refused! (But the dealer defines the term 'reasonable'.)"

lambinated 

To be surrounded on all sides by baby woolies.
One fairly sure-fire way to get lambinated --- either by ovine or human small fry --- is to show up in da "corral" (i.e., a farm-paddock or a communal toddler-playroom) wif a suckle-bottle of warm milk or a new toy --- trust me, all of da little pint-sizes will converge on your location immediately!
lambinated by QuacksO December 16, 2019

Ritz of attachment 

Legal term regarding an addiction to or obsession with either swanky hotels or saltine crackers.
I diligently try to behave myself, live frugally, and eat a well-balanced diet, and so hopefully I'll never have any problems with Ritz of attachment.
Ritz of attachment by QuacksO December 16, 2019

tare-orrist 

A bean-counting "supervisor from Hell" who obsessively reminds his warehouse/store staff about "zeroing the scales" prior to weighing dry goofs.
Health-foods store employee: My boss frequently reminds me about resetting the electronic scale's digital counter every few hours, but I don't really view him as a tare-orrist... I know he means well (i.e., he cares enough about his customers to ensure that they get the full amount of product that they paid for, as well as not wanting to lose money himself by over-measuring), plus I also tend to be forgetful, and so his repeated refreshing of the idea in my mind enables me to make fewer dispensing mistakes.
tare-orrist by QuacksO December 15, 2019

insinerator 

Da "hellfire and brimstone" device dat burns you to ashes if you've committed serious wrongdoings during your time as a mortal on Earth.
If I've actually behaved (or rather, MISbehaved!) so horrendously dat "Heaven doesn't want me, and Hell's afraid I'll take over", maybe I don't hafta worry too much about "da horned Evil One" and his insinerator.
insinerator by QuacksO December 15, 2019

marshmellow 

A more-friendly-and-placid-natured swamp-creature than da typical ones spoken about in cheesy "creature from da black lagoon" type flicks.
Quite a number of supposedly-evil monsters in "swamp-creature" films turn out to be fairly virtuous beasts once all's said and done (i.e., they are not truly evil at heart, and in fact sometimes actually help out humans in distress; they are merely hideous to look at, and thus they are initially feared and misunderstood, and/or evildoers give them a bad name because said morally-deprived individuals don't want the locals to side with the creatures when said creatures try to stop said evildoers from committing crimes), and so maybe these are the "marshmellows" among Earth's primitive "boggy creek" denizens.
marshmellow by QuacksO December 15, 2019

impawster 

A dog or cat that pretends to be a pet of yours, either to eat said pet's food or have bouncy-bouncy privileges with your other four-legged furries.
You will wanna carefully check your pets' collars whenever you let them in the house, just in case any impawsters try to sneak in uninvited.
impawster by QuacksO December 15, 2019