call on Line 1

A "diplomatic" way of saying that you need to drain the radiator.

I'd thought I needed to answer just a call on Line 1 from Mother Nature, but it turned out that both of my "lines" were "ringing"... I hadda take a call on Line 2, as well.

by QuacksO October 12, 2018

conchientious

Always aware of da right and wrong regarding lovely spiral seashells.

I am so conchientious whenever I'm out collecting nature's pretty trinkets along da shore dat I always carefully check each and every sea-snail dwelling to make sure it's empty before putting it into my pail.

by QuacksO March 12, 2025

singbug

A fraudster who performs a "song and dance" to promote his bogus claims.

If there had been PA systems back in da late 1800s, maybe P.T. Barnum could have added "singbugging" to his showman's repertoire.

by QuacksO November 14, 2023

cocaophony

Da deafening clamor of excited voices and pattering feet dat you always hear when announcing dat da hot chocolate is ready.

In da "Polar Express" movie, there was quite a cocaophony from both da children AND da servers when da steaming kettles of traditional Christmas liquid-refreshments were being wheeled out.

by QuacksO June 20, 2021

cameraflage

Refers to either (1) steps dat you take to conceal your shutter-box from being observed by da subject of yer photos, or (2) steps dat da would-be subject of yer photo-snapping endeavors takes to conceal himself from da prying-probing "eye" of yer lens.

Celebrities, politicians, suspected/convicted felons, etc. are often da subject of assorted stealthy high-tech attempts by reporters at getting candid snapshots, and so they hafta employ pretty advanced cameraflage techniques of their own in order to be left alone.

by QuacksO July 23, 2021

Ix-nay on the ew-nay

What a stingy/indigent person firmly says regarding da purchase of a certain item, and meaning dat he will only agree to buy a less-expensive used model instead of a pricey "fresh off da store shelf" one.

With many types of items, it is indeed often a good practice to buy them second-hand, especially costlier objects such as houses, cars, farm/industrial machinery, tools, etc. But for other items like vacuum-cleaners or other dust-collecting appliances, batteries or other chemical-based products, untreated lumber, and other objects that tend to wear/dry out or "go bad" quickly/easily, "Ix-nay on the ew-nay" may in fact NOT be such a wise mindset, in dat DAT sort af "previously enjoyed" item might not be in very good shape anymore... here, buying a new item --- and then caring for it properly --- might actually be MORE cost-effective in da long run.

by QuacksO April 01, 2025

riminder

"Note to self" regarding da edge of something.

first frame from an old "Beetle Bailey" cartoon

Beetle, with Zero and Plato looking on: Where are you going, Sarge?
Sarge (cheerfully): Ohhhh... I thouhght I'd take a lihttlhe whalkh afhter shuppehr!
second frame
Plato: Well, don't fall over a CLIFF, now, Sarge --- I mean, we don't wanna hafta come lookin' for ya and rescue ya the way we did last time you went off alone for a stroll!
Sarge (beaming confidently with his one tooth) Oh, dohn't whurrhy abhout MHE, bhoyzh --- I've lhearnhed mhy lheshohn --- I'hm nhot ghonnha fhall ohver ahny CLIHFFSH!
third frame, showing Sarge glumly hanging by a tree-trunk that's protruding horizontally over a yawningly-bottomless chasm YET AGAIN}
Ahndh ifh thehy bhuhLHIEVE MHE, I'hll bhe hehre tihll MHORNHIINGH!

So apparently just his spoken promise wasn't sufficient --- Sarge should have written a note as a riminder to stay away from cliffs! :P

by QuacksO July 29, 2024