Tank Miller's definitions

Cindy Lou Hiccup

The first hiccup that occurs after a long enough respite that you got your hopes up that they were gone.

I was humoring my aunt when I tried her hiccup cure of curtsying four times whilst blindfolded, but I didn't hiccup even once in the minute that followed and indeed became a believer until alas, here comes Cindy Lou Hiccup leaving me crestfallen.

by Tank Miller December 6, 2024

whoabouts

Who somebody is. It is like the word 'whereabouts', but for identity rather than location.

How embarrassing that I ran into a former coworker at the Knapsack Store, but couldn't recall her whoabouts.

by Tank Miller January 26, 2025

getting on my pancreas

when someone or something is particularly pleasing or agreeable; the opposite of "getting on my nerves".

It was late, but still I was sad for dinner to end because she was really getting on my pancreas with her stories about yelling, "Hear ye, hear ye ..." during Confession.

by Tank Miller January 4, 2023

Otis Figaro

The little ball that dances jauntily atop song lyrics to let you know where you are in the song.

Daisy had the gumption to sing Nothing Compares 2 U at karaoke and we all thought Otis Figaro had malfunctioned at the word 'restaurant', but it turned out it was just a function of Sinead O'Connor's ability. We all had a lot of nerve to ever question Otis Figaro.

by Tank Miller December 30, 2024

mimioflexion

a picture that exhibits recursion i.e., a picture within a picture within a picture ad infinitum. Examples include the Morton's Salt Girl and the Land O' Lakes Lady.

Stephen Colbert and the Miami Dolphins eschew mimioflexion. It's as though they are thumbing their nose (and flippering their snouts) at the world's mimioflexion enthusiasts.

by Tank Miller January 28, 2008

some pumpkins

Unusually good.

I was going to watch the first half of the movie and then go to sleep, but I stayed up well past my bedtime because, as it turns out, The Lives of Others is some pumpkins.

by Tank Miller December 2, 2020

maypops

offbrand athletic shoes. E.g., Stadias, Zips, Winners, Dart-A-Bouts, Curtsy Times, etc.

I can't believe I lost a tennis match to that bama with those maypops. His shoes had pictures of celery on them.

by Tank Miller November 23, 2007