Definitions by QuacksO
exspearmints
The testing and research that Wrigley's chemists performed to create the confectionary formula used in their famous delicious gum.
Wrigley's is doing some top-secret exspearmints to find the perfect taste for a gum to rival the competition.
exspearmints by QuacksO January 22, 2013
Sasquatchewan
Sasquatchewan by QuacksO December 29, 2012
Camp-a-Bellow
Great "fun activities" youth-establishment to send all of your noisy brats for the summer, because of the delightful lack of "stuffy discipline" that needlessly demands quiet and meekness at all times --- at this joint, kids are allowed to yell and shout all they want. Located on a well-known island off the coast of New Brunswick, between Canada and the U.S. Deceased Prez F.D.R. had a summer cottage built on that same Island --- maybe he enjoyed hollering sometimes, also.
Harassled young mom: I just can't think how I'm gonna be able to stand having my fractious "holy terrors" underfoot for the whole summer.
Best friend (also a frazzled mother): Well, you could just send them to Camp-a-Bellow --- let 'em blow off a little steam so they'll be calmer come school-time.
Best friend (also a frazzled mother): Well, you could just send them to Camp-a-Bellow --- let 'em blow off a little steam so they'll be calmer come school-time.
Camp-a-Bellow by QuacksO October 21, 2012
hover
To pace about restlessly and hang around impatiently while waiting for someone to complete a task for you, often accompanied by repeatedly looking over the person's shoulder. Erroneously thought of by the waiter as helping to speed things up, hovering generally has the exact opposite effect, causing the laborer to feel harried and nervous at being constantly watched, and thus actually making him take even longer to complete the task because his uneasiness obliges him to work more carefully and deliberately, and to re-check more details of his work than he would if he was calm.
Can also loosely refer to any form of fretting at or badgering someone, such as by phoning or e-mailing/IM-ing him repeatedly.
Can also loosely refer to any form of fretting at or badgering someone, such as by phoning or e-mailing/IM-ing him repeatedly.
Husband: Is the shop almost done fixing our car yet?
Wife: Well, possibly, but I am not sure... they were still working on it when I stepped in, but they all appeared to be a bit stressed, so I didn't want to hover.
Wife: Well, possibly, but I am not sure... they were still working on it when I stepped in, but they all appeared to be a bit stressed, so I didn't want to hover.
flyby
A quick and discreet "pass-through" of a nearby area to check on a repairman's progress, observe if certain persons are present, etc. Practiced by a considerate person who doesn't wish to hover, or when the actor prefers not to reveal his presence or disturb anyone until the appropriate time.
Customer: I wonder if the mechanic is done with my oil-change yet... think I'll do a discreet flyby of the garage and see what he's doing at the moment.
Napoleon Blownapart
Infamous vertically-challenged 19th-century Corsican emperor with a penchant for high explosives. Majorly suffering from "little-man syndrome", he would often resort to blowing up everything around him in a desperate attempt to be noticed; this usually failed because (A) everyone within a ten-mile radius would always evacuate as soon as he started his countdown, and (B) nobody could see him through all the smoke and flying debris in the aftermath of his "glorious" handiwork.
Citizen (hearing loud explosion in distance): Well --- sounds like old Napoleon Blownapart is at it again down in the quarry!
Napoleon Blownapart by QuacksO September 25, 2012