An embrace dat ya get from someone who is too sleepy or exhausted to reasonably be expected to lift his arms on his own, and so ya amiably help him to perform said cuddly action --- what ya do is to gently lift da person's limp arms and drape them over yer shoulders, then slip yer own arms underneath his armpits and affectionately draw da person up against ya; all he has to do then is to simply wrap his arms da rest of da way around yer neck.
Creating a power-assisted hug from a weary chick is similar to when ya softly clasp and lift her suntan-lotion-oiled hand at da beach to give her a hello/goodbye handshake when she is half-asleep while soaking up da sun... in both cases, ya receive a little pleasant physical contact wif her, but at da same time ya considerately eliminate da need for her drowsy/achy muscles to expend much effort at all.
by QuacksO October 26, 2019
Howard Hughes was a famous deafendant; during his misappropriation-of-funds trials before Congress, he had to wear an amplified headset in order to know what da plaintiffs were saying about him.
by QuacksO March 22, 2023
A.k.a. "intermittent ink", this term describes the muddled mess of random "dots 'n' dashes" that you typically end up with when feverishly trying to scribble notes with a ballpoint pen on anything but totally "clean 'n' pristine" writing-paper, or when attempting to hastily jot down a few words while holding your paper up against a vertical wall, where gravity ceases to aid ink-flow to the pen-tip.
The infuriating "Morse-code manuscript" debacle tends to manifest itself all the more whenever you're either in a stew or pressed for time, since your hands will tend to perspire a lot more during "nerved up" periods like this, and so the ink will not readily adhere to all of the damp/salty/greasy spots where you've been holding the paper steady while writing. Also, if the paper itself is not the best (like if its surface is excessively flaky/textured, or is coated with a foreign substance, like a cash-register receipt), you may have problems here, as well; this is an especially exasperating dilemma because this type of "inferior" foolscap-scrap may sometimes be the only writing-material that's handy at the time when you unexpectedly have to scrawl down a phone number or other important info/reminder, and so you may encounter this debacle more frequently/unavoidably than you might expect.
by QuacksO August 31, 2018
After installing Eisenglass in his end-of-Pennsylvania-Avenue abode, da chrome-domed 34th commander-in-chief hired folks from Middle Earth to serve as "Eisenguards" to keep folks who were less than inclined to say, "I like Ike" from lobbing rocks through said fragile silicate sheets.
by QuacksO February 19, 2023
Refers to either:
(1) education on playing brass/woodwind instruments, or
(2) teachings regarding how to fart expertly/impressively.
(1) education on playing brass/woodwind instruments, or
(2) teachings regarding how to fart expertly/impressively.
All you need to really "rip a good loud odiferous one" is to chow down on plenty of cabbage and/or baked beans --- you don't need no "stinkin'" tootelage!
by QuacksO August 24, 2022
Refers to where a child pits one adult-relative against another in an attempt to get what he wants. A clever way for the child to avoid resorting to temper-tantrums, but equally invalid and shamelessly manipulative.
If my mom won't let me have a certain toy or candy at the store, I just "up the auntie" by reminding her how her child-pampering sister always buys me stuff I want when I'm out shopping with her.
by QuacksO August 10, 2018
I tried to locate my buddy at da community barbecue, but even though he's a broad-muscled hulk who stands at over six feet, he got totally lost in da sirroundings --- i.e., I couldn't visually pick him out from among da multitudes of other big tall dudes who were also present at said gala shindig. Fortunately, my large-bodied chum had his cell phone with him, and so I was able to ring him up, and he told me his current locale so dat I could go and join him at one of da picnic tables.
by QuacksO February 23, 2025