Rod Brock's definitions

number cruncher

One whose primary vocation is dealing with numeric data. Examples of professions that might be referred to as number crunchers are accountant, data processor, statistician, mathemetician, etc.

I'm so glad I'm not a number cruncher like those poor bastards in the statistics division.

by Rod Brock May 22, 2006

jeep

A fictional animal with magical powers, from the old Popeye cartoons. The one most commonly featured was named "Eugene, the Magical Jeep." Magical jeeps make a "jeep-jeep" sound.

Oh, my gosh, Eugene the Magical Jeep was run over by a steamroller!

by Rod Brock July 29, 2006

locker room

Older slang term for Amyl or Butyl nitrate, which used to be sold in sex shops, so-named probably because some people find the chemical has an odor slightly akin to dirty socks. Also called "rush" or "popper." The chemical causes a sudden and dramatic expansion of the blood vessels, creating an intense rush, often followed by a feeling of light-headedness. Often used at raves, and in dancehalls/discos. Very popular with gay men, to increase the intensity of the orgasm. Amyl or Butyl nitrate used in conjunction with drugs intended to correct erectile dysfunction (e.g., Viagra) is potentially fatal.

Amyl nitrate by inhalation (in appropriate quantities, and administered by a physician) acts as an antidote for cyanide poisoning, by causing the body to produce methemoglobin which combines with the cyanide to form nontoxic cyanmethemoglobin.

Man, no way was I gonna toke on that weed - Joey soaked it in locker room.

by Rod Brock August 1, 2006

schweinstock

German. Literally, "pig stick." Utilized in the movie "Young Frankenstein" to allude to the penis. Dr. Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is discussing how all the parts of the monster would need to be to "artificially or congenitally englarged." Inga (Teri Garr), the doctor's assistant, gets a strange look on her face and says, "oof...he would have an enormous schweinstock!" To which the Doctor replies with, "Well, that goes without saying..."

"He's going to be very popular," pipes in Igor (Marty Feldman).

What a schweinstock that guy has - he must have to tuck it into his sock!

by Rod Brock July 29, 2006

bung

Differs slightly in meaning from the process of sealing a wine cask with a cork; it means not only to seal, but to bind, or constrain something, as well. The term "bungee cord" derives from this particular sense of the word.

When you remove the bung from a winecask on its side, or loose the bungee cords from an unstable load, things tend to "surge forth" explosively, in an uncontrolled manner. Thus did the late American poet e.e. cummings describe the passion of Picasso's art:

out of the
black unbunged
Something gushes vaguely

-e.e. cummings, "Picasso"

by Rod Brock July 27, 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.

by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

dry heat

A stupid statement made by old-timers, when someone complains that it's hotter than hell outside, implying that low humidity makes extremely high temperatures easier to tolerate.

Joe: 114 degrees! Jesus, that's HOT!

Schmoe: Yeah, but it's a dry heat.

by Rod Brock July 27, 2006