Definitions by QuacksO
periodic pump-handle pacification
Refers to da playful vigorous arms-bobbing dat you smilingly give a small child (usually a boy, but a fairly-sturdy girl may enjoy this, as well) every so often during a visit to his folks' residence, whenever he comes around wanting a little attention. Usually a few seconds of grabbing his hands and shaking his arms up and down while making "URuh-URuh-URuh-URuh-URuh-URuh-URuh-URuh!" sounds will happily satisfy him for at least a short time; usually he will patter off and play again, and then you can continue conversion with his parents for a while until he scampers back to you for another "helping".
I always love giving little kids generous doses of periodic pump-handle pacification as a way to keep them satisfied and entertained while I'm engaged in other activities... it's totally fulfilling and attention-giving for them, it's a great way of bonding with them, and it's 100% calorie-free --- i.e, I never get in trouble with their parents for giving them candy or for "feeding them rich snacks before supper" which would make them less hungry for whatever blander-tasking health-food that their parents want them to chow down on instead.
periodic pump-handle pacification by QuacksO December 7, 2019
threwout the world
Threwout the world, wasteful people are tossing perfectly-good food and items in the trash-can; it's therefore no wonder that there are such wide-spread debt (i.e., from buying new items instead of using/repairing already-owned items) and resource-shortages, not to mention dwindling landfill-space.
threwout the world by QuacksO December 7, 2019
techgnawlogy
One big leap in techgnawlogy might be the chain saw --- I saw a Stihl Power Tools ad years ago that featured a cartoon of a couple of beavers' discussing how useful (and teeth-saving!) a chainsaw would be for building their dams.
techgnawlogy by QuacksO December 7, 2019
raisin Cain
Parents should think twice about reaching for the "raisin'-cane" (i.e., the "hick'ry stick" that supposedly helps in bringing up children, but often harms more that it helps; it's been outlawed in many areas of the world, thank goodness!) if their little ones start "raisin Cain" about not having sweet-tasting dried fruit to flavor their morning cereal --- just YOU have a go at trying to choke down a big bowl of unflavored oatmeal or rice, and see how well YOU like it!!!
raisin Cain by QuacksO December 3, 2019
beasts of burden
The members of our population with totally "non-human" or "wild animal" mindsets (think, Rockefeller-type multi-billionaires, big-biz leaders, government bureaucrats, drug lords, etc.) who "live high on the hog" themselves, but who subject the rest of us to great stress and unfair toil merely to support their unhealthy greed for wealth and power.
They say that the top 1% of the human population controls half of the world's wealth --- seems like these "rich bugs" view all of us as mere beasts of burden to labor and provide for their own selfish luxury and arrogant feelings of control.
beasts of burden by QuacksO December 3, 2019