aleias

An assumed name dat you use so dat you can wet yer pipe at a pub where dey otherwise wouldn't serve you if dey knew yer real identity, either because you're underage or because you haven't paid your tab in a while.

I've never touched a drop of alcohol in my life and never intend to, so there would be no reason for me to ever use an aleias.

by QuacksO March 28, 2019

refurbished lousewort

A plant of the endangered species Pedicularis furbishiae which has been carefully dug up, potted and transported to the sunny shelter of a greenhouse to help it grow bigger and stronger, and then re-planted in its original spot back in the wild.

Now that so many refurbished lousewort plants have been re-introduced into the coastal woodlands of Maine and New Brunswick, there are more of the lovely yellow cat's-paw-like blossoms for folks to enjoy.

by QuacksO October 04, 2019

Book of Philippines

A biblical chapter recounting an early history of a group of islands in the southeast-Asian area of the Pacific.

I don't know why the Book of Philippines is even included in the Bible, since most events recounted there took place in the Middle East and Africa, not in southeastern Asia.

by QuacksO September 21, 2018

Osteracize

(verb) To loudly/harshly put down someone who uses/prefers Oster™-brand kitchen appliances.

Salespeople who represent competing brands (Hamilton Beach™, Cuisineart™, Mr. Coffee™, Toastmaster™, etc.) of culinary machines have been known to abrasively Osteracize customers who place items of the older-fashioned brand in their shopping carts.

by QuacksO June 27, 2018

auxiliarator

A separate and highly-effective-but-street-illegal nitrous-oxide valve dat really puts some ZIP in yer car's performance.

If you use an AUXILIARATOR in conjunction with your ACCELERATOR, you may indeed experience EXHILARATION from your vehicle's awesome ACCELERATION, but you will also stand an ACCELERATED chance of getting pulled over for speeding and/or reckless driving! Best to instead reserve said speed-demon shenanigans for da drag-strip!

by QuacksO May 08, 2022

Hissidic

A real "snake in da grass" member of da Torah-reading population.

Da "forked-tongued" Shylock was an infamously-prime example of a Hissidic Jew.

by QuacksO July 01, 2024

cotterize

To temporarily bind up a wound with split-shanked metal pins.

I can see someone's needing to cotterize a tear in sheet-metal or other fairly-tough-material paneling when making an emergency repair, but I would think that using a needle and thread would be a much more effective --- and safer --- method of choice when administering a field-dressing for a human or other living creature.

by QuacksO January 24, 2020