The return of light Joker's definitions

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

lick one's wounds

to attempt to heal one's injuries or make oneself feel better

ff you just lick your wounds when that asshole is still out there than you wont have chance to warn the anyone to avoid him. (example of lick one's wounds)

by The Return of Light Joker January 8, 2012

hard facts

Reliable, verifiable information

There is currently no way of obtaining hard facts about what he did and did not do.

by The Return of Light Joker November 21, 2011

too many chiefs and not enough Indians

nobody wants to be employed here but everyone wants to be in charge

I think the problem was that the store had too many chiefs and not enough Indians.

by The Return of Light Joker July 18, 2009

issue

a problem,(a colloquialism)

I had an issue with the control panel.

by The Return of Light Joker August 18, 2008

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