QuacksO's definitions

scandleous

Publicly-humiliating with regards to something involving wax-and-wick light-emitters.

I hear that the local museum "updated" its "genuine 'n' authentic" 19th-century chandelier with electric bulbs --- how scandleous!

by QuacksO October 15, 2018

phonetic shortcut

Da "lazy man's way" of pronouncing two or more words in a common phrase --- the individual words get corruptedly/messily "run together", rather than being spoken clearly and "separately", the way a "proper" person would say them.

Classic examples of a phonetic shortcut would be "wanna" (want to), "ustuh" (used to), "shouldah" (should have), and "didja" (did you). Disgusting how da young people talk these days!

by QuacksO November 10, 2018

ambusch

Can refer to either:
(1) a surprise attack on a beer truck, or

(2) a hidden detachment of cops deployed to catch impaired drivers.

Beverage-truck driver: I only haul non-alcoholic drinks to lessen da chance of an ambusch.

by QuacksO August 20, 2022

Gaucho Marx

A cowboy of the South-American pampas who also famously starred on the big screen.

Indiana Jones's father, Henry Sr., disgustedly quips that he "should have sent his diary to the Marx Brothers" instead of mailing it to his son Indy, who unwittingly brought the book all the way back to Germany and thus made it available for the Nazis to use for nefarious purposes. What's amusing about this statement is that both Indy and Gaucho Marx played cowboy figures.

by QuacksO August 31, 2019

wealth, hellfire, and morrils

What da Maine Department of Inhuman Disservices should have taken steps about regarding da highly-questionable business-practices of da infamous "Wreaths Across America" company.

What with da shady financial dealings, mistreatment of workers, and inaccurate "donation" status of da wreaths for da veteran's graves, it seems to me dat said Worcester-family outfit's "wealth, hellfire, and morrils" were definitely in jeopardy!

by QuacksO January 21, 2025

You can "keel" me later

What you smilingly tell someone in a penitent tone before you reveal a (usually fairly minor) piece of unwelcome news, such as that you and he will have to disassemble an entire portion of a device that you're working on because you belatedly noticed/realized that part of it needs to be repaired or altered.

Achmed the Dead Terrorist (assisting Jeff Dunham in assembling a set of metal shelves): What are you doing? I keel you! Why are you taking apart the entire bottom section like that after we labored so long putting in all those screws?!??
Jeff Dunham: Sorry, Achmed --- I realized that we put the wrong shelf in the bottom position; the unit will be sturdier if we use the correct shelf down here. Just bear with me for now, please --- you can "keel" me later, after we're done.

by QuacksO October 16, 2020

ambassodor

A peace-and-goodwill-seeking diplomat who hails from da lovely island where Thomas and his railroad-buddies reside.

Since da famous fictional island is primarily railroad-themed, I wonder if an ambassodor from there would be expected to "toot his own horn"?

by QuacksO January 13, 2021