The return of light Joker's definitions

lumber

a wooden baseball bat

He took his lumber and left the field.

by The Return of Light Joker February 21, 2008

pressure cooker

a place or situation of high personal stress (from a cooking vessel that does not allow air or water to escape below a certain pressure)

They found themselves in more of a pressure cooker than they expected.

by The Return of Light Joker October 6, 2010

up and coming

promising and energetic (said of a person)

Another up and coming candidate has put himself into a corner.

by The Return of Light Joker August 11, 2008

maypole

the penis (from the term for a pole erected during May day)

Her boyfriend claimed to have a maypole that a porn-star would envy, until they first had sex.

by The Return of Light Joker September 29, 2010

improper fraction

a person whose chest is much larger than their abdomen (from a term for a fraction where the numerator is greater than the denominator)

Only after her plastic surgery did she realize that she had become an improper fraction.

by The Return of Light Joker September 13, 2011

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

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