THe Return of Light Joker's definitions

Ameche

a telephone (dated, from actor Don Ameche, who starred in an early film about Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telphone)

The Ameche rang off the hook.

by The Return of Light Joker May 24, 2011

water buffalo

1. a water storage tank

2. to vomit (worse than to yak)

The water buffalo had to be heated manually to get the water to flow.

by The Return of Light Joker December 10, 2010

odd couple

an extremely mismatched pair of people, an extremely unlikely team or pair of people (from the name of play popularized by movie)

Ellen and Adam are quite the odd couple.

by The Return of Light Joker April 11, 2008

red under the bed

an insidious communist presence that has infiltrated a capitalist society (the under the bed part refers to the stereotypical child's fear of monsters under the bed, often used ironically to describe the mentality of people who are paranoid about communists)

Back then the red under the bed was viewed as the driving force behind our defense budget.

by The Return of Light Joker January 10, 2012

rave

1. to applaud a enthusiastically

2. a very enthusiastic description, review, etc

3. an underground party, especially involving illegal drugs

The movie has been given quite a rave.

by The Return of Light Joker March 24, 2012

Xs and Os

1. symbols used to represent sports players on a chart

2. hugs and kisses

The Xs and Os looked a bit disorganized to me.

by The Return Of Light Joker November 14, 2007

smear

to attack someones reputation with false information, to defame someone

Conservative journalists are trying to smear Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama simultaneously.

by The Return of Light Joker March 2, 2008