Definitions by QuacksO
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
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.
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.
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
fortifived
Refers to junk food that has been "junkified" from "four-to-five", indicating that it was so artificially desecrated, and processed for so long a time, that it is now almost totally devoid of original structure or nutritive value.
Junk-food junkie: Yo, dude --- want some of my chips 'n' dip?
Health-food hippie: No thanks, bud --- no offense, but I'd rather not mess up my dietary regimen with any fortifived foods.
Health-food hippie: No thanks, bud --- no offense, but I'd rather not mess up my dietary regimen with any fortifived foods.
fortifived by QuacksO September 20, 2012
die-agnosis
That dreaded “you only have a short time to live” medical report that a doctor detests having to give, and he fervently hopes that there won’t be an ambulance-chaser within earshot.
Doctor: “Zheesh, I’m not looking forward to presenting that old geezer with my die-agnosis --- knowing him, he’ll likely slap me with a malpractice suit even though I’ve honestly done all I could for him. This aint my fault --- as I've tried to tell him a thousand times before, it’s his own dissipative lifestyle that’s killing him.”
die-agnosis by QuacksO September 1, 2012
I-itis
A mental condition of excessive selfishness. Can eventually lead to me-osis if left unchecked or untreated.
Neighbor: Zheesh, that closed-minded guy next door has sure got a serious case of “I-itis”! Wouldn’t surprise me if it turns into “me-osis” before too long!