Rod Brock's definitions

sty

Inflammation of the sebaceous gland of they eyelid. Folklore held that one got a sty from urinating upon a public roadway.

My brother was always getting a sty on one or the other of his eyes, but he swore he never peed along the roadside when he was walking home from school.

by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

hell-smell

Used to describe a profound stench, usually one with sulfurous overtones.

I'm not sure which is worse: the hell-smell down by the Geysers, or the hell-smell that emerges from the bathroom when Ranger Bob takes a dump.

by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

bignose

Chinese pejorative term for a caucasian person, particularly an American.

Look at bignose over there - he doesn't even know that we're talking about him.

by Rod Brock May 22, 2006

couthie

Scottish slang for one who attempts to flatter.

Sweet talk will get you everywhere, ya wee couthie...

by Rod Brock July 27, 2006

dot

1. Nickname for "Dorothy."

2.)A tiny island in Chuckanut Bay, near Bellingham Washington, USA.

Aunt Dot paddled her kayak out to Dot Island.

by Rod Brock July 30, 2006

Rat-hole

A dirty, dingy room, or apartment.

Why don't you clean this rat-hole up?

by Rod Brock May 22, 2006

sambo

"Sambos" was the name of a U.S. chain of breakfast houses, similar to IHOP. Once ubiquitous, only one store remains - the original restaurant in Santa Barbara, California, from which the chain sprang. When the owners discovered a book entitled "Little Black Sambo" written by Hellen Bartrum in 1899, in which an East-Indian child is chased in a circle by a tiger until the tiger turns into butter, they decided it was a perfect match, and Sambos restaurants thereafter featured conspicuously mounted placards telling the story, and ultimately relating the butter to the blobs of whipped butter served on Sambo's pancakes.

Whether the chain closed because of concerns relating to "political correctness" is unknown to this author.

You know that Chinese Buffet up on Lakeway Drive? That used to be a Sambos, years ago.

by Rod Brock July 24, 2006