Definitions by QuacksO
good for nothing
A phrase that can describe two entirely-opposite ends of the meaning-spectrum, depending on how the words are punctuated.
A "good-for-nothing" is, of course, someone who lacks the knowledge and/or motivation to make himself useful in any way. But on the other hand, someone who zealously toils and struggles his a** off trying to totally "be a saint 24/7" but receives no better treatment as a result of it --- in other words, his fellow humans mistreat him with just as much chilliness and lack of charity as if he were just a "good-for-nothing" --- will feel as if he's been "good for nothing"... he's totally worn himself out trying to be "Honest Abe" and "Sir Galahad", yet nobody acknowledges or appreciates his efforts, and so he's behaved himself exceptionally but received zero reward or praise for his efforts.
good for nothing by QuacksO January 6, 2019
reBayt
A discount on an advertised item that you request from a seller on eBay; it is often surprisingly easy to "dicker down" the price, just like you would at a yard/garage sale or second-hand store.
If you ask super-politely/humbly and be sure to use one of the generally-accepted reasons for wanting a rebayt --- such as that you're of limited means and/or partially-disabled, that you've observed that the item you're interested in hasn't sold for a long time and thus you may be about the only customer who would currently be interested in it, and/or that you would be using the item to help other low-income/physically-inform folks besides yourself --- it is surprisingly often that the seller will agree to reduce the price for you; it's always worth asking.
emerge-ency
What a horny dude has at 2 a.m. when his tallywacker majorly "comes out of hiding" and he feels an overwhelming and super-urgent need to insert it into the love-tunnel of his bed-partner, even if she is fast asleep or otherwise not in the mood for hot 'n' wild copulation.
Exasperated girl: I don't get it --- it seems like all da guys I know often can't "get it up" prior to "lights out" in the evening, yet they then suddenly have a dire "emerge-ency" some time later, and wake me up at two in the morning, wanting to lulu!
emerge-ency by QuacksO January 3, 2019
untangle-dangle
What you periodically hafta do with your handset's curly-cord to get da knots outta it --- when it gets snarled up enough, simply tugging on it just doesn't do da trick anymore... ya gotta actually unplug da cord at both ends, carefully unravel da kinks, and then suspend da cord from one end so that it can hang freely to allow it to "naturally" untwist and "equalize" itself.
Adding a swivel-adapter to your handset-cord can indeed sometimes help to reduce its getting all wrapped up around itself and save your having to perform da untangle-dangle so often, but da problem with these doodads is dat dey tend to not have very good swivel-contacts, and so you soon get a lot of static and intermittent sound. Plus da cheaper units tend to not swivel very easily, and so you gotta keep spraying them wif WD-40 to keep them twisting around freely.
untangle-dangle by QuacksO January 3, 2019
extorsionist
Someone who removes the torsion bars from your vehicle and refuses to return them unless you fork over a tidy ransom-sum or otherwise grant him some disagreeable/arduous/burdensome favor.
It's wise to keep your wheels locked up in a garage if you don't wanna fall victim to any extorsionists.
extorsionist by QuacksO January 2, 2019
"checks and balances" system
A form of government-operation whereby you are guaranteed "level" or "fair overall" treatment if you are generous with your "checks" to bribe local/state/federal officials, or if you are sufficiently rich (i.e., you have a large enough "balance" in da bank) that said officials feel obliged to make special allowances for you.
We may ostensibly have a "checks and balances" system, but it never seems to help out "da little guy" very much.
"checks and balances" system by QuacksO January 1, 2019
squawkometer
Any noisy alarm-device that produces an ear-piercing and/or highly-irritating noise every time it detects anything amiss. Can also loosely refer to the hair-trigger wrongness-detecting consciousness of an overly-zealous/sensitive person who vociferously protests anything and everything that he deems inappropriate, unfair, dangerous, unsanitary, etc.
Howard Hughes was infamous for his irrational behavior and assorted phobias; one of his most notorious disorders was his overactive squawkometer regarding germs.
squawkometer by QuacksO January 1, 2019