Well, it **sorta** rhymes.
Refers to an interval of either formal schooling or first-hand experience dat really drives home da truth/validity of a belief or philosophy dat you had already been familiar wif, rather than your merely being introduced to da concept for da first time.
Refers to an interval of either formal schooling or first-hand experience dat really drives home da truth/validity of a belief or philosophy dat you had already been familiar wif, rather than your merely being introduced to da concept for da first time.
One prime example of a "confirming learning" scenario would be if you are sitting wif a much-liked individual in some form of a group-chair --- i.e., couch, bleachers, bench-swing, etc. --- and a third person comes along and unceremoniously plops himself down right between da two of you, rather than politely asking if you guys could please scooch over a bit to make room for him on one side (well, of course, if he hadn't actually been scheduled to meet up with you two in da first place, he should also humbly ask if it's okay for him to come and join you to begin with!): from da diligent guidance-tutoring of your parents and/or other caring grownups, you may have already been fully aware of how rude/upsetting it is to position yourself between two people who are conversing or otherwise actively/socially interacting, but having it actually happen to you in real life like this glaringly demonstrates da true scope/depth/nature of said inconsiderate action.
by QuacksO May 20, 2023
Soothing/appeasing remarks or dialogue designed to lower da blood-pressure and core-temperature of da listener.
I get so sick of hearing elected officials' spouting lots of "the economy and general social-status is great and getting better" calmmentary, when in reality nothing is noticeably better --- or maybe even worse --- than when said self-praising government hotshots originally took office!
by QuacksO December 25, 2020
Refers to a sort of "grown-up" version of the popular children's game; this procedure involves maneuvering around of two or more vehicles in a fairly small parking-area, either to allow one of them to enter/exit the locale, or to make room for additional vehicles that are scheduled to arrive later.
I really like owning three old clunker-sedans, particularly in case one of them is in the repair-shop and thus I hafta use one of the others for my basic local-transportation needs (and indeed, I occasionally have actually been down to just one somewhat-malfunctioning vehicle, but at least it has still been able to wheezingly/sputteringly/back-firingly get me from Point A to Point B around town till I got both of the other cars repaired and I could finally take this third one into the garage for some TLC of its own), but I occasionally hafta play "musical cars" if my friends drop by for a visit.
by QuacksO September 11, 2018
Some youngsters can handle a chemistry set responsibly, but for da fractions ones, it will likely only lead to vialence among them.
by QuacksO April 02, 2022
Anyone can chop down a tree and hack it up int individual logs, but it takes real gnawledge to be able to shape said logs and build a dam so strong that it actually holds back an entire river or stream!
by QuacksO April 01, 2020
Refers to members of the less-affluent sector of mall-customers who merely wish to purchase regular groceries and/or household products in bulk, but who do not buy enough yearly volume to justify paying the exorbitant "membership fee" that the "big box" stores like Sam's Club charge. These limited-income folks therefore discreetly approach "enrolled" club-members who have either just arrived at the store or are currently pushing their carts around the aisles, and quietly ask them if they could please also purchase the merchandise that the indigent people want along with the items on their own shopping lists, and then afterwards they all meet back up outside in the parking lot where there are no prying eyes from the store's staff, and the grateful low-income families carefully go over the obliging club-members' store-receipts to total up the costs of the "additionally-purchased" items, and then reimburse the members for the appropriate amounts in cash.
Being a secret shopper can indeed be a great way to save on household-staple items; just watch out for Sam's Club chiselers, however.
by QuacksO July 23, 2018
Pronounced "yock", it combines the words YACK and TALK, and refers to the act of just babbling endlessly without much meaningful/legitimate content.
Radio listener, irritably switching off a live interview of a politician bragging about all the supposed "progress" he's made in his still-squalid jurisdiction: Okay --- enough of that BS... got better things to do than listen to HIS yalk for the next two hours!
by QuacksO May 06, 2013