The Return of Light Joker 's definitions

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

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

cover up

something meant to obfuscate or conceal the truth

This is the most half-baked cover up I've ever seen.

by The Return of Light Joker September 8, 2009

night person

someone who works at night or perfers to be up at night

I stay up late. but I am no night person.

by The Return of Light Joker December 30, 2007

cold snap

a brief period of very cold weather

The one cold snap we had before winter came at an inconvenient time.

by The Return of Light Joker October 17, 2009