QuacksO's definitions

flyby with a "Hello, Tower"

A step "closer" than just a discreet flyby, this strategy DOES involve actually stopping in to the home/establishment where you wish to unobtrusively check on the conditions/progress of something relating to you, but you still do not actually inquire about said situation; you merely "exchange pleasantries and make small talk" with the people there about the weather or whatever, and then quietly leave again after a minute or two. The theory here is that if there is any problem/delay/question regarding what you are wanting done, the people will likely tell/ask you about it while you're there... they know fully well why you've dropped by --- you are wondering how things are proceeding --- and so there should be no need to make anyone feel pressured or irritated by actually alluding to the subject.

The local garage is often "swamped up to their eyeballs" with the myriad of vehicles brought in for repair, and so it is often a month or more before they are able to get around to addressing a car that I bring in. They do always eventually repair my vehicle, though, so I seldom actually ask them about how soon they can get to it; I simply do a tentative flyby with a "Hello, Tower" every couple weeks, just in case they need to speak with me regarding any problem/holdup with the repairs.

by QuacksO August 21, 2018

padlox

Key-releaseable hasps for securing your containers of salted fish.

Seagulls love to stick their thievin' beaks into containers of fish. Tip: use padlox hooked through da containers' lids to foil 'em.

by QuacksO November 25, 2023

vamousse

To make a hasty exit due to your having sworn off chocolate or hair-tonic.

My diet-specialist unexpectedly showed up at da community banquet I was attending, so I vamoussed in a big hurry before he could notice me.

by QuacksO August 14, 2024

grinola

Crunchy trail-mix dat's so tasty and filling dat you are absolutely "all smiles" while chowing down on it.

If a dried-clusters-of-cereal-and-sweets concoction includes raisins and sliced almonds, it's totally "grinola" to my taste-buds!

by QuacksO October 6, 2024

plié-bargain

Where you offer to perform a less-strenuous and/or contorted ballet-position/maneuver in exchange for the dance-tutor's not making you overly exert yourself.

I don't have super-elastic tendons and ligaments like some of my wiry-thin fellow dance-students, so I made a plié-bargain with our instructor to go easy on me regarding some of the moves.

by QuacksO November 20, 2021

isshoes

Cranky complications regarding your footwear.

I love giving foot-rubs to pretty girls whom I befriend; I just always hope that there will be no isshoes (i.e., tangled laces, stuck buckles, etc.) when trying to remove her boots or sneakers to access said precious shapely pair of tootsies that dwell within.

by QuacksO November 21, 2020

absoulutely

100% with regard to a living being's spirit.

You can talk morality to a con-man till you're blue in da face, but it will make absoulutely no difference to him "deep down" --- once an ay-hole, always --- well, you get da idea.

by QuacksO August 20, 2023