QuacksO's definitions

I'm the schmuck who forgot that "anything goes" when I gave the lost Ark to "top men".

It belongs in a museum!

Yes, Dad --- I admit that I'm the schmuck who forgot that "anything goes" when I gave the lost Ark to "top men". Yeah, yeah --- just like I stupidly let your Grail diary fall into the hands of the Nazis! Don't call me "Junior".

by QuacksO December 1, 2023

passing crush

Refers to a feeling of amorous admiration that you experience when catching sight of a hottie in a vehicle that goes by you on the interstate.

I had a passing crush on an auburn-haired hottie driving a convertible whom I saw while riding Greyhound. Fortunately, there were several other attractive likeable gals for me to hang out with at the next bus station, and we all had a two-hour layover in which to share friendly banter, so I pretty much got over the redhead; one of the placid-faced cuties at the station even comfortingly reminded me that the sports-car chick's "rare 'n' glamorous" tint had most likely just "come out of a box", anyway, especially since she looked somewhat Asian and didn't have any freckles.

by QuacksO June 2, 2018

lowjack

How you'll want to raise a "hot" car's wheels for towing purposes, if it is fitted wif a GPS-tracking device --- da more you move said pilfered conveyance, da more likely it is dat da alarm will be set off.

Actually, of course, employing da "lowjack" technique will not likely alter how effective "LoJack" will be at locating and returning said stolen wheels --- da system works merely on da distance of movement of da plundered property from its home base, not on how high off da ground it is raised.

by QuacksO July 14, 2023

new frontears

What intrepid explorers have often found da uncharted wilderness they discovered to be --- i.e., they were hostile environments dat led to disappointment and hardship.

Da Pilgrims' disastrous experiences when first colonizing da "New World" were a classic example of "new frontears".

by QuacksO October 25, 2025

muckanic

A seasoned grease-monkey who's not afraid to get his hands dirty.

Da local auto-repair-shop guy claims to be a full-service muckanic, so why does da sign out front say, "We don't do transmissions or differentials"???

by QuacksO March 8, 2025

compensatiation

Wages, reimbursement for endured hardships, etc. dat's given in da form of tasty chompables dat fill you up.

As any "Beetle Bailey" fan knows all too well, Sarge is so fond of food dat it occupies his mind and rules his life more than almost anything else, and so he would likely be adequately appeased in virtually any scenario if he was merely offered an ample helping of scrumptious delicacies as "compensatiation" for any labor, suffering, etc. dat he'd gone through.

by QuacksO March 22, 2024

Murphy's Law of Checkout-Lines

"If you aren't in a hurry to leave the store, there will be little or no delay in getting a clerk to ring you up. But if you're pressed for time --- or even more so, if you're car-pooling with someone who is on a tight schedule --- THAT'S when there will be hold-ups galore... a long line in front of you, a customer with one or more heaped-full shopping-carts, one or more price-discrepancies that hafta be tediously resolved (i.e., the puzzled clerk is obliged to walk back with you to the shelf to look at the price-labels, a supervisor or the store-manager has to be called over), a balky card-scanner, etc."

Whenever someone who's giving me a ride is kind enough to let me stop at a store to grab a few items, I always try to make very sure that I have everything all "set and prepared" before I head to the register, so that I personally seldom create a problem (i.e., cause any delays myself with issues like not having the proper payment ready or being unsure of a price or quantity) with Murphy's Law of Checkout-Lines. That way, even if my driver has to wait linger than expected for me to hastily scamper back outside with my loaded shopping-bags, he won't be able to direct his impatient frustration at me --- "Sorry for the delay; I did indeed get everything tossed in my cart very quickly, but there was a long line in front of me, and they were short-staffed today, so they only had once register open."

by QuacksO October 31, 2019