The Return Of Light Joker's definitions

nightcap

a alcoholic drink taken just before bedtime

I don't need a nightcap to get to sleep.

by The Return of Light Joker January 2, 2009

wrong way to run a railroad

not the best way of doing something

To exclude someone based on rumors or urban legends is the wrong way to run a railroad.

by The Return of Light Joker July 1, 2011

Snake oil

any dubious or fraudulent remedy or cure (The route of the fraud the word is derived from resulted from a misunderstanding of a traditional Chinese joint and muscle painkiller derived from the skin of the Chinese water snake)

That snake oil is so obvious. When will people learn?

by The Return of Light Joker December 18, 2007

haymaker

1. a very powerful punch

2. any powerful blow, literally or figuratively
(from the wide stroke of a scythe cutting hay)

He gave him the old haymaker when he got in his face.

by The Return of Light Joker April 21, 2008

California stop

an instance of driving slowly past a stop sign

That idiot just did a California stop.

by The Return of Light Joker April 14, 2008

shantytown

1. a cluster of makeshift dwellings occupied by exceptionally poor people or vagrants

2. any dilapidated place

What's with the shantytown?

by The Return of Light Joker October 28, 2007

fashion roadkill

when a person tries to dress fashionable or thinks they are doing so but ends up looking ridiculous

celebrities are increasingly getting into situations of fashion roadkill.

by The Return of Light Joker November 27, 2009