The return of light Joker's definitions

dead to rights

with no possibility of escape or evasion

They caught him dead to rights when he broke in at night.

by The Return of Light Joker October 14, 2009

elephantitis

slang for the deforming disease known as elephantiasis(a good example of how a word related to health care can be misheard so easily)

He could have come back from his trip with elephantitis.

by The Return of Light Joker April 5, 2008

not in Kansas anymore

no longer in surroundings that are quiet and comfortable (a quote of Dorothy's line in the 1939 Wizard of Oz Film)

I hate to say it but we are not in Kansas anymore.

by The Return of Light Joker May 3, 2011

nannygate

any of the various political scandal involving people who take care of children for a living (nannies) (patterned after watergate)

Nannygate became an unexpected hazard in the political arena. (example of nannygate)

by The Return of Light Joker May 28, 2010

war chest

funding for a political campaign provided well in advance of the start of the campaign

If she really did want the seat in the senate, she would probably have been hiding an illicit war chest.

by The Return of Light Joker March 14, 2011

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

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