Rod Brock's definitions

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

wallflower

Perennial plant native to southern Europe, bearing fragrant yellow and orange flowers. The name is derived from the fact that the plant, when naturalized to a region, is often found growing out of the nooks and crannies in an old wall, or a cliff. The natural tendency for this plant to separate itself from the other denizens of a formal garden, and grow in isolated locations, doubtless led to the use of the term "wallflower" to describe an anti-social, or shy individual, who lingers in the background, against the wall, as it were, at social occasions.

The heady fragrance of wallflowers growing on the embankment wafted up to me.

by Rod Brock July 24, 2006

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

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

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

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

visceral

Of, or relating to the viscera - the soft inner organs of the body, including the lungs, the heart, and the organs of the digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems.

The first time Michael saw a partially dissected cadaver upon the table, its visceral nature opened for all to see, he knew there was no way that he could be a doctor - he would have to change his career goals.

by Rod Brock July 27, 2006