The Return of Light joker 's definitions

gumshoe

1. a rubber soled shoe or a rubber boot

2. a detective

3. a police officer

4. to walk stealthily

The gumshoe pulled up an put a gumshoe clad foot on the ground before the suspect fired a warning shot.

by The Return of Light Joker January 14, 2009

issue

a problem,(a colloquialism)

I had an issue with the control panel.

by The Return of Light Joker August 18, 2008

5 o'clock shadow

the facial hair that comes late in the day when a man has shaved earlier

Naturally he had a 5 o'clock shadow again.

by The Return of Light Joker April 16, 2008

lame duck

1. A political official who has lost power due to term limit or losing the vote(Historically applied to a President of the United States who runs for re-election despite losing the vote)

2. an arrangement in a game where a player is likely to lose but is still in the game

If we let that lame duck back in I might scream.

by The Return of Light Joker April 19, 2008

3-way

1. a sexual act involving three people

2. an alternate version of Cincinnati chili

They had a 3-way an made a huge mess of the room.

by The Return of Light Joker March 29, 2008

pea soup

a very thick fog, especially one with an abundance of yellowish air pollution (such fogs were once common in London)

I don't want to go outside in that pea soup. It made me sick the last time.

by The Return of Light Joker November 29, 2009

Chicago overcoat

a coffin, a casket (used in reference to the person who died and was buried in it)

Sadly, he was wearing a Chicago overcoat before we could see him one last time.

by The Return of Light Joker June 2, 2009