Twaint

(noun) Trace elements of fountain soda which contaminate water at fast-food restaurants when the water line shares a spigot with a soda line.

Alex: I thought you were just getting water? That looks like tea.

Norb: Nah, it's just the twaint.

by Rev. Nørb May 20, 2010

Exception that proves the rule

A desperation tactic used in an argument or debate whereby proof of the speaker's wrongness is somehow held up by the speaker as proof of his rightness.

Manny: I utterly hate homosexuals. They are an affront to God and man. Except for Rick Astley. I could go down on THAT guy all night! I'd same-sex marry him in a heartbeat.

Moe: I thought you said you hated homosexuals?

Manny: Well, he's the exception that proves the rule.

by Rev. Nørb June 16, 2010