Definitions by Rod Brock

iron chink 

An automated device once used in processing fish, particularly salmon. The term derives from the fact that in the early history of the U.S. fishing industry, individuals of Chinese extraction were often employed in fish canneries. The "iron chink" displaced many Chinese workers.

There's an iron chink on display at the Museum of History and Industry.

iron chink by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

chocaholic 

One who enjoys and consumes chocolate with a regularity suggestive of addiction; a chocolate addict.

My ex-wife was a major chocaholic; she'd rather have chocolate than sex, any day.

chocaholic by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

chocolate fiend

One who partakes in chocolate to the point of excess.

Nine out of ten women are chocolate fiends, even if they don't admit it.

chocolate fiend by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

'round the bend 

UK. One who is mentally imbalanced, eccentric, crazy, etc. Sometimes expressed as "right 'round the bend." An eighties tune, during the second "British Invasion" of music in the U.S., had the lyric, "You send me right 'round, baby, 'right round, like a record baby."

Did you see him talking to that tree? 'Round the bend, he is.

'round the bend by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

brain barf 

Used to describe the product of foolish reasoning. Differs from bullshit in the sense that it pertains directly to the reasoning process of the one spouting the nonsense; bullshit, on the other hand, may be merely repeated nonsense, heard elsewhere.

His thesis is brain barf - no way is it going to get approved.

brain barf by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

darkie 

A brand of toothpaste displaying an African-American male with very black skin and very white teeth on the tube. Discontinued in the 1980s.

I was startled to see what seemed a brand-new tube of "Darkie" brand toothpaste in Tom's medicine cabinet; I didn't think it was available anymore.

darkie by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

lobster bibb 

An unusually large bibb sometimes offered to adults in restaurants which serve unusually messy or sloppy foods: lobster, ribs, cracked crab, etc.

Man, you need to carry a lobster bibb around with you - I swear you've always got crud on the front of your shirt.

lobster bibb by Rod Brock July 24, 2006