Definitions by QuacksO

WhyMCA 

A popular song from "da good ol' days" about a singer's friends asking him his reasoning behind signing on with the Music Corporation of America for producing his music-albums, instead of other record-companies like Sony, Philips, Decca, etc.

I am really puzzled as to why my favorite band didn't take BMG up on its much-better contract-offer for releasing their music... if I even get to meet the group in person, one of the first things I'd ask them would be, "WhyMCA?"

WhyMCA by QuacksO September 2, 2018

"get rich quick" scheme that really works 

Simple --- just publish a book that merely **claims** to tell you how to "get rich quick", sell lots of copies to greedy naive hopefuls, and then retire to a posh villa in Tahiti on the royalties.

I have developed a "get rich quick" scheme that really works, but you'll hafta shell out a small fortune for my book and da related materials in order to succeed.

"get rich quick" scheme that really works by QuacksO September 2, 2018

my worst enema 

The ultimate in painful/messy/disgusting colon-cleansing.

That horrid digestive-tract-based ordeal I hadda go through at da hospital yesterday was beyond traumatic and humiliating --- I wouldn't wish it on my worst enema!

my worst enema by QuacksO August 31, 2018

super-careful, frugalistic, extra-tally-conscious 

What Mary Poppins has to be whenever money is tight.

The movie got it all wrong --- the Banks family had not been having trouble with mean/colorless nannies; the nannies had all just been over-indulgent of the children, and so Mr. Banks hired Mary Poppins to teach his little ones about self-denial, willpower, and wise money-management --- Mary taught them to be "super-careful, frugalistic, extra-tally-conscious" when necessary.

super-careful, frugalistic, extra-tally-conscious by QuacksO August 31, 2018

bale bondsman 

A hay-farmer's assistant who wraps securing-twine around bricks/rolls of dried alfalfa as they are made.

Now that machinery gathers and processes hay in one single operation, the job of the bale bondsman is largely a thing of the past.

bale bondsman by QuacksO August 31, 2018

Morse-code manuscript 

A.k.a. "intermittent ink", this term describes the muddled mess of random "dots 'n' dashes" that you typically end up with when feverishly trying to scribble notes with a ballpoint pen on anything but totally "clean 'n' pristine" writing-paper, or when attempting to hastily jot down a few words while holding your paper up against a vertical wall, where gravity ceases to aid ink-flow to the pen-tip.

The infuriating "Morse-code manuscript" debacle tends to manifest itself all the more whenever you're either in a stew or pressed for time, since your hands will tend to perspire a lot more during "nerved up" periods like this, and so the ink will not readily adhere to all of the damp/salty/greasy spots where you've been holding the paper steady while writing. Also, if the paper itself is not the best (like if its surface is excessively flaky/textured, or is coated with a foreign substance, like a cash-register receipt), you may have problems here, as well; this is an especially exasperating dilemma because this type of "inferior" foolscap-scrap may sometimes be the only writing-material that's handy at the time when you unexpectedly have to scrawl down a phone number or other important info/reminder, and so you may encounter this debacle more frequently/unavoidably than you might expect.

Morse-code manuscript by QuacksO August 31, 2018

Usurpico 

A little-known but highly-influential knight in the Middle Ages who fought to end wide-spread corruption and conspiracies among fellow royal protectors who wished to wrest control from their present kings.

The Donald has behaved so deplorably as Prez dat I doubt he'll find very many modern-day Usurpicos who would truly feel much inclination to prevent his impeachment.

Usurpico by QuacksO August 31, 2018