Sexydimma 's definitions

not my brand of whiskey

not my area of expertise

boy: dad can you help me with physics homework?

father: non, physics is not my brand of whiskey. i am a chemical engineer.

by Sexydimma September 18, 2012

Waste, abuse and fraud

(Abbreviated w.a.f): what the government is doing w my taxes when it supports useless government projects and social programs and keeps the massive bureaucracy afloat.

The hell w waste, abuse and fraud. I want my government to live on a budget, just like me.

by Sexydimma November 2, 2024

etchy-stretchy

philosophically or scientifically controversial

concepts such as 'Normal', with a philosophical capital N, are supposed to be etchy-stretchy. I specifically excluded political science and the other social sciences from the definition of etchy-stretchy because they create political controversy tainted with propaganda and mediapocricy

by Sexydimma April 29, 2015

nit-wit

a Canadian term for a stupid, silly person

person a) stop being such a nit-wit
person b) what's a nit-wit?
person a) a twit in British English
person b) oh okay

by Sexydimma February 10, 2015

grab life by the horns

(motto of the Ford F-150 commercial): one of the possible English transliterations of the Latin phrase carpe diem

If you take the phrase 'grab life by the horns' out it's commercial context , it becomes one of the possible English translations of the Latin phrase carpe diem.

by Sexydimma October 2, 2013

destitute seamstress

an offensive, even possibly misogynistic term for a female hilly-billy, an unsophisticated farm/country female

Although Rosa Parks was indeed financially destitute and a seamstress by trade, as well as being a black lady from the rural south, she certainly wasn't a destitute seamstress, achieving quite a lot in terms of human rights and other social progress for African Americans

by Sexydimma September 13, 2016

crocodile arms

(since crocodiles have short arms): the short end of the stick, i.e the worst possible deal, (among those acceptable to you) that is being offered.

if you are being offered multiple deals all of which are morally, socially or culturally unacceptable to you, its better to walk away from them all, and instead, get a crocodile arms type of deal. as the saying goes you can't have your cake and eat it too, but at least you get something

by Sexydimma September 22, 2016