QuacksO's definitions

COLA

The government's periodic tweaking of financial-assistance amounts as determined by the current price of carbonated beverages.

Coke and Pepsi have gone up in price recently; I sure hope my monthly Food Stamps allotment has a proportional COLA increase.

by QuacksO July 25, 2018

Marquis de Laughayette

A.k.a. Gilbert du Mealymouth. An uproariously-ineffective commander during the American Revolution, he was known for "chuckling at danger" when heading into battle, no matter what the actual risks or chances of victory.

Tronald Dump reminds me of the Marquis de Laughayette --- he has a warped sense of reality or what other humans are actually willing/able to do.

by QuacksO July 25, 2018

Oral Robberts

The infamous "I need to raise millions of dollars within a few weeks or God will smite me" Bible-thumpin' chiseler who **robbed** his congregation and followers blind.

I hear that a lot of preachers are now shamelessly using "fire 'n' brimstone" sermons filled with threats of "hell and damnation" in an attempt to pressure/blackmail their parishioners into making donations to their churches --- sounds like a lot of Oral Robberts copycats to me!

by QuacksO July 25, 2018

bulletin-bored

Refers to a deep feeling of ennui experienced when perusing the local community-notice panels, either because (1) you almost never find anything that interests/concerns you personally, or (2) there never seems to be anything new/exciting posted, or (3) you've posted several ads/messages of your own, but nobody has responded to them.

I've been throughly scanning da supermarket's cork-panel every day for three weeks now, but I never see anything that even remotely catches my eye --- I am seriously bulletin-bored.

by QuacksO July 25, 2018

smooches, not mooches

Variant of the once-popular "hugs, not drugs", this expression extols the virtues of giving someone semi-intimate affection as a "reward" or "payment" for physical/financial/material assistance or other favor that the person does for you, rather than just shamelessly begging to have said assistance given to you for free.

Tiffany didn't have gas-money for a ride to pick up a cartful of groceries at the supermarket, but she insisted on reimbursing me anyway with five minutes of warm-hearted lip-locks and gratitude-filled arms-wrapped-around shoulder-blade scrunchies after we got back to her house again --- she knows da value of a dollar and a friend's time/effort, and so she dedicatedly maintains a "smooches, not mooches" policy.

by QuacksO July 28, 2018

hugs not drugs

A well-meaning phrase that seldom actually improves anything overall, but instead merely results in a lot of emotional discomfort and sexual-harassment accusations.

"Hugs not drugs" usually doesn't solve anything, anymore than dry-drunks are actually helped by being given sweets as a reward for not imbibing, which of course merely gets them hooked on sugar instead or alcohol --- it just trades one serious addiction for another. So all that "hugs not drugs" does is to cause people who would ordinarily crave drugs to instead begin invading others' personal boundaries by demanding affectionate gestures many times per day --- again, nothing is really "solved" or "improved"; it merely shifts the abuse from one destructive habit to another comparably-damaging-to-society activity.

by QuacksO July 28, 2018

wheel-wheedle

Refers to the selfish act of using flattery, coaxing, or other social pressure to get others to give you rides (i.e., "be your wheels") for free.

I appreciate friendliness and honest compliments from others as much as anyone, but I always have to look out for wheel-wheedlers.

by QuacksO July 28, 2018