Refers to the common but totally unproductive/destructive practice of a young child's parents and/or two or more older family members successively "delegating" or "passing the buck" from one family member to another when the youngster asks a difficult/uncomfortable question, rather than the initially-queried adult's simply saying, "I don't know" or, "That is not something you need to know just yet --- wait till you're a few years older to ask about that."
Small girl: Daddy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Father (glancing up from his evening paper): Go ask your mother that question.
Small girl (toddling over to her mother, who is knitting by the fire): Mommy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Mother (looking up from her knitting, surprised): You know --- that's a really excellent question... why don't you ask your father about that.
Small girl: Well, I already did --- Daddy told me to ask you.
Mother (exasperated): Oh --- well, then, I think maybe your Uncle John could help you answer that.
Small girl (going outside where her uncle is lounging on the porch swing): Uncle John, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Uncle John: Hummmm... lemme guess --- didja ask your parents about that, and they sent you to me?
Small girl: Yes, Uncle John --- Mommy said you'd be just the person to ask.
Uncle John: Ahhhh... givin' ya da ol' family-member run-around, are they?
Father (glancing up from his evening paper): Go ask your mother that question.
Small girl (toddling over to her mother, who is knitting by the fire): Mommy, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Mother (looking up from her knitting, surprised): You know --- that's a really excellent question... why don't you ask your father about that.
Small girl: Well, I already did --- Daddy told me to ask you.
Mother (exasperated): Oh --- well, then, I think maybe your Uncle John could help you answer that.
Small girl (going outside where her uncle is lounging on the porch swing): Uncle John, how was I born? Where did I come from?
Uncle John: Hummmm... lemme guess --- didja ask your parents about that, and they sent you to me?
Small girl: Yes, Uncle John --- Mommy said you'd be just the person to ask.
Uncle John: Ahhhh... givin' ya da ol' family-member run-around, are they?
by QuacksO October 26, 2016
Refers to where you feel a cough coming on while your mouth is full of food/drink, and so you hastily down the entire mouthful so that your mouth and throat will be free to expel the cough "cleanly", rather than there being a humongous "geyser" of messy stuff to go flying all over the place and disgustingly splattering everything within a several-foot radius.
I'd just swallowed a big bite of spicy-hot chili and was in the process of washing it down with a swig of cold milk when I felt an overpowering urge to choke, so I did a hasty pre-cough swallow to avoid a spluttery shower of tomato-tinted milk all over my new tablecloth.
by QuacksO August 01, 2018
Given how unreliable da infamous "Sears Rowback" outboard putt-putt was, I seriously doubt dat there were really all dat many errowneous statements made by said motors' owners.
by QuacksO December 08, 2020
I used to moderately detest math-classes in grade school, but now I am indeed glad that I was made to study and learn it so well, since it surely helps my budgetting-capabillity while seeking out the best values in the supermarket or department store, and for speedily calculating sums in my head when checking a printed invoice for possible errors.
by QuacksO July 22, 2019
Getting da tasty white fluid outta Mamma Mammal isn't quite so easy as it looks --- you gotta have a bit of experteats to do it properly.
by QuacksO April 11, 2020
Da act of not requiring ya to either endure some hardship/drudgery, such as:
beesement: relief from da constant "buzz" dat ya get when someone else tends da apiary for a spell
breezement: ya don't hafta either fart or "have yer cheek visited too roughly" by passing airflow
brieasement: permission to eat firmer cheeses like cheddar or mozzarella
ceasement: either not being made to stop some desired action, or having some action dat ya dislike stopped
cheesement: ya can have extra tasty cultured-milk slices in yer sandwich or burger
Cleesement: ya don't hafta sit in on everyone else's viewing of "Fawlty Towers" reruns
creasement: what a clothes-iron provides
feesement: da waiving of normally-levied service-charges
fleasement: what regularly bathing and properly feeding yer furry pet can provide
freezement: not having to either be outside in da colder weather or be denied access to yer assets
geesement: not having to deal wif all of those noisy messy feathered honkers in da back yard
greasement: what ya get when a mechanic does da maintenance-work on yer jalopy
keysement: where ya don't hafta bother wif fiddly little metal lock-opening implements
kneesement: what those padded strap-on cups help to provide when hunkering down on hard/rough surfaces
leasement: where yer landlord or realtor doesn't require a written contract to utilize a property
peasement: either serving yer hungry self a steaming bowl of oatmeal, or not making ya eat said bland/disgusting cereal
beesement: relief from da constant "buzz" dat ya get when someone else tends da apiary for a spell
breezement: ya don't hafta either fart or "have yer cheek visited too roughly" by passing airflow
brieasement: permission to eat firmer cheeses like cheddar or mozzarella
ceasement: either not being made to stop some desired action, or having some action dat ya dislike stopped
cheesement: ya can have extra tasty cultured-milk slices in yer sandwich or burger
Cleesement: ya don't hafta sit in on everyone else's viewing of "Fawlty Towers" reruns
creasement: what a clothes-iron provides
feesement: da waiving of normally-levied service-charges
fleasement: what regularly bathing and properly feeding yer furry pet can provide
freezement: not having to either be outside in da colder weather or be denied access to yer assets
geesement: not having to deal wif all of those noisy messy feathered honkers in da back yard
greasement: what ya get when a mechanic does da maintenance-work on yer jalopy
keysement: where ya don't hafta bother wif fiddly little metal lock-opening implements
kneesement: what those padded strap-on cups help to provide when hunkering down on hard/rough surfaces
leasement: where yer landlord or realtor doesn't require a written contract to utilize a property
peasement: either serving yer hungry self a steaming bowl of oatmeal, or not making ya eat said bland/disgusting cereal
Additional examples of alphabetical easements:
pleasement: what speaking politely and/or trying to cater to one's preferences can provide
queasement: what dat "yucky pink stuff" in da triangular bottle supposedly provides
Reesement: being given an orange-wrappered candy bar to munch on
rhesusement: not having to deal wif noisy/jumpy primates, or being given/loaned a cute monkey as a therapy animal
seesement: what putting up a privacy fence gives ya from nosy neighbors
seizement: refers to either (1) what Loctite Silver-Grade lubricant provides, or (2) what filing for Chapter 11 does regarding credit-vultures
sleazement: protection from "shady" characters
Smeesement: what Peter Pan enjoyed whenever Captain Hook's first mate wasn't around
sneezement: what ya hopefully get from taking cold-and-flu meds
squeezement: comfort dat a hug provides, or relief from time/budgetary constraints
teasement: what ya get when yer bratty little cousin is in school or away at camp
thesement: what ya enjoy when just dealing wif "those" instead
treesement: what ya intermittently encounter when traveling along sporadically-wooded terrain
weesement: what a kindergarten teacher savors before/after class, or what ya finally achieve after all of dat coffee ya guzzled finally finishes "going right through ya"
wheezement: da relief from being constantly outta breath dat Pat McManus gets when he practices da MFFFF
zeesement: "Ahhh, sweet sleep... dat knits up da ragged sleeve of care."
pleasement: what speaking politely and/or trying to cater to one's preferences can provide
queasement: what dat "yucky pink stuff" in da triangular bottle supposedly provides
Reesement: being given an orange-wrappered candy bar to munch on
rhesusement: not having to deal wif noisy/jumpy primates, or being given/loaned a cute monkey as a therapy animal
seesement: what putting up a privacy fence gives ya from nosy neighbors
seizement: refers to either (1) what Loctite Silver-Grade lubricant provides, or (2) what filing for Chapter 11 does regarding credit-vultures
sleazement: protection from "shady" characters
Smeesement: what Peter Pan enjoyed whenever Captain Hook's first mate wasn't around
sneezement: what ya hopefully get from taking cold-and-flu meds
squeezement: comfort dat a hug provides, or relief from time/budgetary constraints
teasement: what ya get when yer bratty little cousin is in school or away at camp
thesement: what ya enjoy when just dealing wif "those" instead
treesement: what ya intermittently encounter when traveling along sporadically-wooded terrain
weesement: what a kindergarten teacher savors before/after class, or what ya finally achieve after all of dat coffee ya guzzled finally finishes "going right through ya"
wheezement: da relief from being constantly outta breath dat Pat McManus gets when he practices da MFFFF
zeesement: "Ahhh, sweet sleep... dat knits up da ragged sleeve of care."
by QuacksO June 12, 2024
That huge gray plastic barrel at the curbside in which you mindlessly threw out the nice gift that the child down the street worked so hard to create for you. Said innocently-trusting youngster then happens upon said container before the trash-man has carted it away, of course his tenderly-impressionable eyeballs observe said callously-discarded gift, which of course painfully marks him for life and shows him what a shameless lying a**h**e you actually are to have praisingly told him how much you appreciated his gift and all the work he'd gone through to create it for you.
Here's how to avoid having your Rubbermaid™ brand lie-detector make mincemeat of your stellar reputation with the neighborhood children. First, be sure to prominently-display anything they give you --- such as paper-artwork or a clay sculpture --- inside the front room of your house for at least two or three weeks, so that if the young creators of said "masterpieces" happen over to visit, they will always have their happy pride of your appreciation re-affirmed by seeing their "treasured gifts" still visible for all to see. Then after maybe a month or so, try moving the exhibits further along down the wall or into another room, so that if a child happens to notice the absence of his creation in its "customary" spot, you can just hastily show him that you have merely moved it, but that you do indeed still have it on display. Then, if the youngster doesn't comment any more on the object's absence during subsequent visits or go to the other spot to look at it, you can safely assume that he has lost interest in said object, and so you can then put it away in a desk drawer or someplace else hidden, but where you can still hastily retrieve it again if necessary. Then if there is still no reference to said object within a couple more weeks, THEN AND ONLY THEN can you probably safely discard the item, BUT ONLY IN A MANNER THAT DOES NOT RISK THE CHILD'S SEEING IT... don't just toss it "openly" into a trash can where it can easily be seen by anyone just moseying by!
by QuacksO November 25, 2018