Rod Brock's definitions

ETH

Used by UFO enthusiasts as an abbreviation for "Extraterrestrial Hypothesis," referring to the belief of some that UFO reports represent sightings of alien spacecraft.

I neither accept nor reject the ETH. Quite frankly, I don't know what UFOs are - they're UNIDENTIFIED.

by Rod Brock July 30, 2006

CABU

NASA jargon. Short for "Clear and Beautiful," referring to the weather conditions.

CABU, all the way to the moon, Mission Control!

by Rod Brock July 30, 2006

March Hare

A term employed to state that someone is crazy, e.g., "mad as a March Hare." Derives from the March Hare which Alice pursues down the rabbit hole in Lewis Carrol's "Alice in Wonderland."

He's crazier than a March hare, and needs to be locked up.

by Rod Brock July 30, 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

peg

Short form of the feminine name "Peggy." Peggy, in turn, is often used as a shortened form of "Margaret," for reasons not entirely clear to this author.

Hey, Peg! Peg? Hey, PEGGY - get over here!

by Rod Brock July 30, 2006

wormwood

The name of a star in the biblical book of Revelation which falls to earth and poisons the waters.

Given the bitterness of the plant, Wormwood was a good choice for the name of the star that poisons the waters in the book of Revelation.

by Rod Brock July 30, 2006

pruneface

1.Term used to describe an elderly person with an extremely wrinkled face, most often employed when said person is of a nasty disposition.

2. A villain with a wrinkled face, from the old Dick Tracy comic strip.

That old pruneface nextdoor ought to mind her own business.

by Rod Brock July 29, 2006