QuacksO's definitions

immideny

The opposite of an immigrant; this is someone who is not allowed to enter or become a citizen of a foreign country.

The Donald thinks that The Wall will be effective in his Mexican Immideny control plan, but such a gargantuan structure would be so prohibitively expensive to construct and difficult to monitor that it would just be a huge boondoggle.

by QuacksO February 1, 2018

fontrepreneur

A newbie trying to market unique typefaces.

Arial and Times New Roman are really all we need for ordinary printed text; why do all of these fontrepreneurs feel da need to come along and add even more styles to our already-yards-long list of possible typefaces???

by QuacksO November 4, 2025

tolerating

The designation (i.e., "rating") of how patient, forgiving, and understanding someone is.

Ebeneezer Scrooge had a deplorably low tolerating when it came to extending charity or thoughtfulness towards others.

by QuacksO November 7, 2018

interfearence

A terror-causing action or situation dat hampers progress.

In one of da "Beep! Beep! The Roadrunner" comics, Wile E. Coyote catches a "beeper" who's visiting from England, and is preparing to cook him in his stewpot. One of da fellow roadrunners calls up and uses "interfearence" --- i.e., impersonating an official from da "International Coyote Committee" and threatening Wile E. wif a termination of his membership if he "breaks the law by eating a foreign bird" --- to flimflam said bloodthirsty carnivore into releasing said "old country" denizen.

by QuacksO December 7, 2021

dyeary

A day-to-day record-book of how you colored your hair.

With all da weird 'n' wacky hairdos dat young punks indulge in these days, it would take a much bigger/thicker memo-book to serve as a dyeary for one of them than just a standard two-inch-thick half-page-size writing-pad dat most people would use for recording their daily adventures.

by QuacksO June 17, 2021

row versus wade

The infamous and hotly-debated controversy over shallow-water navigational methods which pitted the skiff/dinghy dealers against the hip-boot manufacturers. On the one hand, it is indeed simpler and easier to paddle ("row") a punt around the shoreline as opposed to slogging heavily ("wading") through the mud, but the boat tends to scrape bottom whenever there's anyone sitting in it. This dilemma was further exacerbated back in the mid-20th century with the advent of the notoriously-unreliable Sears&Rowback outboard motor, which often necessitated both paddling AND squish-squooshing over pebbly jagged-seashell-flecked muck to return to the dock from whence you came.

The U.S. Supreme Court was obliged to delay judgement on the "row versus wade" debate pending further developments; they promised to rule on the case once humans gained control over tidal movements.

by QuacksO August 9, 2018

characterwristics

Features and measurements of the hand-and-forearm area.

Having attractive characterwristics could allow you to land a job modelling elegant bracelets and watches.

by QuacksO November 20, 2021