QuacksO's definitions

summerize

To make a brief report regarding da "dog days" of June, July, and August.

I attended youth-camp, went swimming, ate watermelon, collected fireflies, and rode my bike on woods-trails. That pretty much summerizes it, I think.

by QuacksO April 23, 2022

mill-rate

Da degree dat da state BMV and/or local assessors "put you through da processor" when deciding what da tax-percentage of da absurdly-inflated supposed resale-value of your property or vehicle is gonna be this year.

It's hardly surprising dat Maine has da highest mill-rate in da entire country --- heck, our current governor is even NAMED "Mills"!

by QuacksO March 24, 2025

rephill

What someone addicted to quack-doctor McGraw's TV show perpetually feels a need for; said cup-replenishing is obtained by watching said much-hyped farce.

When John could no longer pay his cable-bill, he was obliged to run over to his neighbor's house for a rephill several times a week.

by QuacksO January 31, 2023

Welcome to The R-d-d-d-ock!

The humorous knighted-Scottish-actor impersonation that you eye-twinkingly utilize to address your companion(s) when letting them into a building of some kind where the "regular" entrance had been either locked, jammed, or obstructed with objects/debris on the inside, and so you have "gone around" and slipped into said edifice from an alternate door or other opening that you know about from previous visits here, wormed your way forward through the interior of the structure till you eventually reached the front access-point again, cleared away any blockage from the doorway-area, and then finagled/wrestled said door open for easier and less-obtrusive entry by your accompanying humans; this saves their all having to tiringly make extra steps all the way over to the side-entrance, slither through narrow doorways, clamber over obstructions, unnecessarily disturb other present occupants of said building, etc..

Years ago before we had a telephone of our own, my sister and I would occasionally go to make calls at the office of a fellow-low-income-neighbor's service-garage. The only problem was that the shop's French-window-style front door had a broken/loose latch-mechanism, and thus the door was often very balky about opening up from the outside. So to save my slight-figured and not-very-steady-on-her-extra-small-feet sister's having to wobblingly struggle her way into the office by an alternate route, I would merely leave her standing at the front door of the garage while I performed a classic "Welcome to The R-d-d-d-ock!" maneuver --- I'd hurriedly scuttle around back, quietly sidle in at the mechanics'-access door, unobtrusively pick my way through the service-bays where the guys were working and on into the office's rear entrance, forcibly fumble and jiggle the wobbly latch-mechanism to coax the front door into performing its "open sesame" routine, and then smilingly usher my still-patiently-waiting sister inside the office and over to the old swivel-chair by the desk where the phone was.

by QuacksO May 22, 2019

pinkie-hook

How you hold hands wif a nice gal when it's too hot to "fully" clasp hands.

Tiffany and I crave da "lovin' touch" at all times whenever we spend time together, but we were about expiring from da heat during our stroll along da hot beach, so we employed da pinkie-hook to maintain a pleasant physical connection without our palms getting all damp and yucky.

by QuacksO August 27, 2018

just clawse

What a cat needs to have before it may legally scratch you. (Garfield take note --- none of your "provocations" for leaving Jon a tattered bloody mess would have held up in court... in every single case, you were just being selfish, overbearing, or hot-tempered.)

I was cradling the neighbor's cat in my lap and petting him gently, and he seemed totally happy and content... unmoving, purring, the whole nine yards. Then without warning, he suddenly exploded upwards with an angry yowl and forcibly propelled himself off my lap and onto the floor, giving my thighs several deep nasty digs in the process! Talk about a total lack of just clawse... if he was starting to get stir-crazy, he could have merely squirmed and mewed a little, and I'd have immediately let him down --- no need to to "break out da ol' samurai swords"!!

by QuacksO November 23, 2018

scullduggery

Less-than-honorable behavior regarding the paddling of a boat.

Races of canoes or rowboats are notorious for scullduggery; one of the most common subterfuges is to conceal an outboard motor on the boat to make it go faster. Be sure to bring along a noisy boombox to help cover the tell-tale "putt-putt" sounds, though, unless you use a souped-up electric trolling-motor that runs virtually silent.

by QuacksO September 25, 2019