The Return of LIght Joker's definitions

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

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

up in arms

angry and ready to fight

The teachers were up in arms over the scandal.

by The Return of Light Joker March 29, 2009

ungodly

outrageous, horrendous, unreasonable

They almost triggered a flame war with their ungodly rants.

by The Return of Light Joker January 11, 2009

bells and whistles

features that add to the appearance of something but do not make it function any better

If you want bells and whistles you should go to the other aisle.

by The Return of Light Joker November 6, 2009

off-the-shelf

readily available form retail sources

No more off-the-shelf water filters for me.

by The Return of Light Joker July 9, 2010