Definitions by QuacksO
hexcise tax
Da tariff dat you hadda pay da town government of colonial Salem, Massachusetts to keep dem from having da local witches put a curse on you.
Perhaps if they had simply abolished da hexcise tax in Salem, Massachusetts, the witch-trials would never have happened.
hexcise tax by QuacksO October 4, 2019
Montezooma's revenge
If I have a bout of Montezooma's revenge, I watch Zoom on PBS Kids to make the feverishly-compulsive leg-work seem less boring and tiring.
Montezooma's revenge by QuacksO October 4, 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.
refurbished lousewort by QuacksO October 4, 2019
kerfew
The late afternoon and evening is often the only time of day when saw-owners are home to show me the blades that they want re-set, so to avoid being out after kerfew, I simply hurry around to the different addresses on my clients-list, gather up and label (so that I can keep track of which blades belong to which people) the different saw-blades that they want refurbished, and then haul them all back to my shop instead of trying to work on them at the people's houses. That way I can restore the blades at my leisure, and then drop the repaired blades back off at the people's residences sometime the next day.
external-combustion engine
A fluid-fuel-powered motor that is so poorly designed/maintained that its exterior actually catches fire.
One should periodically check "under the hood" for oil-leaks to reduce the chance of said power-plant's becoming an external-combustion engine.
external-combustion engine by QuacksO October 3, 2019
abaumination
A disgracefully shoddy and/or differing-from-the-book play or movie made from one of Lyman Frank's Oz books.
I fail to understand why MGM's abaumination of "The Wizard Or Oz" was so popular, since the movie is so far removed from the book's charming plot, and is so full of negativity, dark scary themes, and violence.
abaumination by QuacksO October 3, 2019