QuacksO's definitions

infestigation

An in-depth look at how/why a large number of undesirables were created and/or transported to a given locale.

It was known dat Lieutenant Uhura was da one who had naively brought da original tribble on board da USS Enterprise, so no infestigation would be necessary in dat regard.

by QuacksO October 29, 2025

Swingapore

A Southeast-Asian island where big-band music is king.

I wonder if da folks in Swingapore often use their earbuds-and-iPod units to listen to their Beantown and Dave Holland selections while they ride on classic-favorite "back-and-forth" playground amusements?

by QuacksO July 2, 2025

blippiddiboop

Humorous term for a mild-to-moderate anomaly, unusual "wrinkle" in present circumstances that potentially disrupts standard procedures, complication that requires altering one's plans, intersection-configuration that must be anticipated and watched out for extra-vigilantly to avoid any driving-mishaps such as getting on the wrong road or encountering tolls, etc.

Most sections of interstate highways are fairly straightforward (literally!) and hassle-free to travel on, but there's always the occasional blippiddiboop that requires elevated awareness and watchfulness in order to successfully traverse; this is especially true in large metropolitan areas where there are often lots of branching/converging roads with multiple exits, bypasses, and on-ramps.

by QuacksO October 14, 2025

wow and flutter

Refers to da "verbally-gushing 'n' eyelash-battingly-impressed" reaction of cute chicks when you show them how well your magnetic-tape-based recording/playback equipment works at producing great stable-speed sound.

Since most high-end audio-systems have gone digital nowadays, you may have to find other ways to make da ladies wow and flutter over your recording-studio equipment's awesome sound-capabilities.

by QuacksO November 22, 2019

penilety

A disciplinary action levied against an individual who has committed an offense relating to a male human's love-pipe, such as his having either urinated in an inappropriate locale, engaged in public indecency, or fathered one or more children out of wedlock.

Da term "penilety" can also refer to a rule-breaker's being sentenced to have to walk around with his hoo-haw hanging out for a certain period of time, or to perform a certain action while in such a state of partial undress. In football, for example, a "penilety kick" means dat you hafta drop yer drawers and then bunt da pigskin across da field.

by QuacksO December 20, 2022

At least the laundry dries faster on the clothesline

What you say to make a super-sweltering day seem a bit less miserable.

Besides keeping in mind that, "At least the laundry dries faster on the clothesline", you can also remember to utilize two other "perks" of extra-hot weather --- the solvent on freshly-painted/glued items will take less time to evaporate, and your swimming pool will warm up faster so that its water won't be such a shock to climb into. (This latter phenomenon also often works for a nearby pond or brook, of course, and so you can avail yourself of this delightful "oasis of cool relief" sooner after sunrise, too, if you don't have a pool of your own. Some southern areas even allow people to "shed it all" and go skinny-dipping once the local temps exceed a certain level, too, and so this can be an additional "heat-wave advantage".)

by QuacksO July 22, 2019

good for nothing

A phrase that can describe two entirely-opposite ends of the meaning-spectrum, depending on how the words are punctuated.

A "good-for-nothing" is, of course, someone who lacks the knowledge and/or motivation to make himself useful in any way. But on the other hand, someone who zealously toils and struggles his a** off trying to totally "be a saint 24/7" but receives no better treatment as a result of it --- in other words, his fellow humans mistreat him with just as much chilliness and lack of charity as if he were just a "good-for-nothing" --- will feel as if he's been "good for nothing"... he's totally worn himself out trying to be "Honest Abe" and "Sir Galahad", yet nobody acknowledges or appreciates his efforts, and so he's behaved himself exceptionally but received zero reward or praise for his efforts.

by QuacksO January 6, 2019