Definitions by QuacksO
Chiang Kai-Shrek
It's really too bad that Chiang Kai-Shrek didn't actually have vivid-green skin like his animated-cartoon cousin, or his subjects might have initially recognized him for the ogre that he truly was.
Chiang Kai-Shrek by QuacksO October 27, 2018
Bonny Solder
The handsome-but-ineffective late-20th-centruy president of Iran who strived to attractively "patch things up" around his country, but failed due to the country's horrendously-upheavaled state of affairs at the time.
Maybe if Bonny Solder had applied more "flux" in his political approach, he might have been able to accomplish more positive results in his attempts to repair the damage done during Iran's previous regimes.
Bonny Solder by QuacksO October 27, 2018
Chow En-Lie
Due to his prodigious appetite and habitual fibbery, Chow En-Lie was constantly having to undergo cosmetic surgery to reduce belly-fat and trim his nose shorter. Thank goodness for acupuncture, or these multiple operations would have caused a nationwide shortage of pain-killers.
Chow En-Lie by QuacksO October 27, 2018
runaway roll
Refers to an inadequately-perforated and/or too-lightweight spool of paper towels or toilet-tissue. When you try to merely tear off a few sheets by giving the end of the roll a moderate yank, the paper does not separate the way you expected, and so the roll just wastefully whizzes off yards and yards all over the place, obliging you to fumingly remove the messily-bunched-up wad from the holder and tediously re-roll the paper inch-by-inch back onto the core again.
I do indeed prefer to purchase the "bargain basement" tissue-paper rolls from the supermarket or department store --- especially if they have a sale on the huge 20-roll "bales" --- but I find that a lot of times they are "runaway rolls"... the company goofed when they punched the rolls' perforations, and so that's largely why they're being sold off so cheaply.
runaway roll by QuacksO October 27, 2018
period furniture
"Seat type" objects like chairs, couches, sofas, etc. with slick-surfaced non-absorbent upholstery that wipes clean easily. Favored by girls and younger women during "that time of the month".
While highly desirable, period furniture is often quite expensive, so washable slipcovers can be a more-economical alternative.
period furniture by QuacksO October 26, 2018
astronomical-cost retort
Refers to the mildly-indignant answer that you snortingly "toss back" at a seemingly-impertinent clueless who naively asks why you don't "just buy your way out" of a moderately-inconvenient/difficult/unpleasant situation, his not being familiar with the enormous financial outlay that said "easy-solution" choice/action would entail.
Two typical/everyday examples of an astronomical-cost retort would be with regards to having a garage come and pick up your presently-non-drivable vehicle instead of having a friend help you tow/push it the few miles to the garage with another vehicle ("Yeah, **sure** I could --- for a nice HUNDRED-BUCKS TOWING-CHARGE!"), or if you presently have to turn your well-pump on and off manually because it's "on its last legs" and so you always have to be "right there and ready" to quickly turn the pump back off to avoid damage if it doesn't immediately start up when you power it on ("Oh, yeah --- new pumps are indeed available --- you got an extra THOUSAND BUCKS OR MORE JUSS LAYIN' AROUND to get one installed??!"). Never fails to shut the impudent inquisitor right up!
astronomical-cost retort by QuacksO October 26, 2018