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Definitions by The return of light Joker

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.

knock a buzzard off a shit wagon 

to smell very bad (often with could, or would)
Damn, the smell of that those gym clothes is enough to knock a buzzard off a shit wagon if you'll pardon my language.
sunglasses (always used in the plural)
They had rather tacky looking shades on the shelf.

totus porcus 

completely, totally ( from mock Latin for whole hog)
I heard them spill the beans, totus porcus.

11 bang-bang 

an infantryman, an infantry soldier(derogatory)
Like his father, he started out as an 11 bang-bang.
a person or entity who profits from the suffering and misfortune of others
His lawyer is a total vulture.

all systems go 

Everything is ready (from the use in aerospace industry as an indication that all preparations have been made to launch)
All systems go. We leave in 5 minutes.