QuacksO's definitions

shack and shill

Refers to rigged real-estate bidding on a rickety dump of a dwelling... an elevated location --- and a nearby H2O source --- is optional.

If Shack and Shill went up da hill to fetch a pail of water, did they pay a "sky-high" price for said clear fluid, and use "liquid assets" to purchase it???

by QuacksO July 14, 2021

noise-alert

What you say to others in your vicinity prior to making a loud/shrill sound with the equipment you're working with; the purpose is to avoid startling them by verbally notifying them of the impending noise so that they can momentarily "brace themselves in expectation", plus it gives them a chance to either cover their ears or move further away if they wish.

Tire-shop employee, preparing to re-seat a tire-bead onto the rim: Okay, everybody --- noise-alert! (Tire pops deafeningly but nobody jumps, then they all placidly resume their light conversations while waiting for the wheel to finish being prepared.)

by QuacksO October 13, 2018

Silver plates?!

What you pretend-irritably toss back at present company when he "foreign languages you" with a casual request for or an acknowledgment of your assistance. (Obviously this would not be da case wif Gomez Addams, though, since he actually ENJOYS when Morticia speaks French, and so he would never feel irritable or resentful if she uttered thus to him.)

Person A, collecting small dropped objects from a pebbly beach, and passing them one-by-one to Person B to hold for him: S'il vous plait?
Person B, obligingly accepting said items from Person A, but feeling a bit disgusted at seemingly being utilized as merely a portable storage-unit: Silver plates?!

by QuacksO August 10, 2024

shrekcommendation

A positive product/service-review created by everyone's favorite green-skinned ogre with funnel-shaped ears.

Donkey originally received da shrekcommendation dat he hightail it 'cuz da ogre thought himself as being unfriendly, but Donkey saw right through dat incorrect self-assumption, realizing dat said currently-stressed-out swamp-creature was actually a kind-natured softy at heart.

by QuacksO March 7, 2022

Adair you to keep a straight face

What you jokingly say to someone as you're turning off da Iowa interstate to show him da famous sunshine-yellow water-tower wif da smileyfaces painted on it.

Tour bus driver, smilingly speaking to his passengers over the PA system as he's pulling off I-80 at Exit 76: Okay, Folks --- here we are at "the happiest town on Earth" --- Adair you to keep a straight face when you see their water-tower!

by QuacksO June 13, 2019

lejittermate

Describes something dat is indeed "da real McCoy", but makes people shaky 'n' quaky if they associate with it.

Some people have such super-strong feelings regarding religion dat they can even get violent or obnoxious when discussing/debating it, so it can be a really lejittermate topic to delve into very deeply.

by QuacksO March 14, 2021

mudderator

Da head honcho at a monster truck competition.

One advantage of being a mudderator is dat you get to stand high up on da announcer's platform instead of down on ground-level where all da action is, and so you generally can keep your clothes clean.

by QuacksO October 7, 2022