Telephony's definitions

timber bell

A timber bell is a fairly large (~1 foot dia.) bell in a tavern or bar that is readily accessible to customers. When the bell is rung, the customer who rang it buys a round for the house.

{ding! ding! ding!} Hey, somebody just rang the timber bell! Free drinks on the way!!!

by Telephony May 19, 2021

squeaky

Crying.

{Jerry, watching the Maury show on the telly}: Aww look at Marisol. She still hasn't found the baby daddy. She's so squeaky!!!

by Telephony May 6, 2019

toliet

Very common misspelling of the word toilet.

When the misspelling is input into a computer speech synthesis program, it can come out sounding like "to'LEET", "TOL'ee'et" (like Juliet from Romeo & Juliet), or "toe'LYE'et" depending on the speech synthesis program used.

For example, it sounds like "toe'LYE'et" on the SAM speech synthesizer for the Commodore 64 computer.

Hey Homer!!!
Are you flushing those springs down our toliet?

by Telephony December 14, 2011

the grinder

What some people call using the shower; usually a quick one.

{Ella}: Cummon honey, it's almost time to go to work.
{Norm}: Just a few minutes Ella, I need to go through the grinder first.

by Telephony October 13, 2014

let's blaze!

It's not what you might think: on the telly program, "Blaze and the Monster Machines" when Blaze (a talking monster truck) says, "Let's blaze", it "grows" these blue-glowing tailpipes and kicks ass. However, when somebody says, "let's blaze!" in the real world, they'll whip out a big-ass bong or a big fat bowl and spark it up.

Hey Debbie! Come over here; let's blaze!

by Telephony February 4, 2019

horn

What some people call a can of beer

{Gordie}: Hey Craig, want a horn?
{Craig}: Sure!
{Gordie}: Grab us a coupla horns out of the fridge; dad doesn't need to know.

by Telephony May 31, 2018

fry brain train

What some citizens of Juneau AK. USA call public buses aka. public transit.

{Peter}: Don't light that siggeret, because I can see the fry brain train coming!

by Telephony April 16, 2015