Slick Willy's definitions
It's a culture thing - the antipode of a brother doing the funky broadway, if you come from Texas or Tennessee, you pick up your sour mash and sidle up to that cute chick showing lots of belly, not to scare her off. It is *not* a sashay!!!! Mosey was coined after Mose Allison, jazz pianist
Hey darlin', how about you an' me mosey over to the Motel 6 with us an' the boys, got some Chet Baker
by Slick Willy December 16, 2004
Get the moseymug. by slick willy May 13, 2005
Get the Chodemug. damper, crimp, nix, veto, scotch, debunkification or discouraging word. Origins quite the mystery; no substantiation of the obvious contender, Polish sausage (kielbasa). WC Fields should have invented the term, but he did not. As of 2006, >99% of use is in the form "put the kiebash on".
by slick willy January 19, 2006
Get the kiebashmug. The opposite of outsource; meaning this is one job you can't find someone else foolish enough to do, or you can't find someone competent enough to do it with the kind of money and credibility you have available so you're just going to have to do it yourself.
Revenues were down, investors were jittery, so the dotcom startup had to insource its janitorial services.
The profligate wife had gained a few pounds and so was compelled to insource her ways and means of satisfaction.
The profligate wife had gained a few pounds and so was compelled to insource her ways and means of satisfaction.
by Slick Willy December 29, 2004
Get the insourcemug. by Slick Willy May 13, 2005
Get the COmug. to stress and distract; usually used in passive voice: to be frazzled = to be distracted and stressed; usually to the point of annoyance, anger, depression; opposite of focused, serene, and productive.
The shortened form, fraz, is a silicon age shortening meaning bombarded with email, instant messages, cell phone calls, etc. to the point of distration.
Thought to be an amalgam of frustrated, fried, and hassled.
The shortened form, fraz, is a silicon age shortening meaning bombarded with email, instant messages, cell phone calls, etc. to the point of distration.
Thought to be an amalgam of frustrated, fried, and hassled.
The reception was frazzled as part of her daily routine of answering phone calls and directing visitors to the correct offices.
The cell phone and blackberry frazzed poor Matt 24/7.
The cell phone and blackberry frazzed poor Matt 24/7.
by Slick Willy January 28, 2006
Get the frazzlemug. Example of a tautology: Bad people take drugs; therefore, people who take drugs are bad.
The other definition appearing here, "Unnecessary repetition of a word", is a crudification and wrong - such pointless reiterative repetition is a redundancy, and one who makes such a definition is called a "redundunce". Consult Fowler.
The other definition appearing here, "Unnecessary repetition of a word", is a crudification and wrong - such pointless reiterative repetition is a redundancy, and one who makes such a definition is called a "redundunce". Consult Fowler.
by Slick Willy March 16, 2005
Get the tautologymug.