Definitions by Zappin' Nap

Fikse 

Fikse (etym. "FIscal + shiKSE). A small town administrator, or minion thereof, who always votes with the tourist money at the expense of basic permanent resident accommodation.

I'm not retiring up there; you have to be in bed with a Fikse just to get clean water.

Fikse by Zappin' Nap March 8, 2024

phuquinasceul 

Any person who is extremely ignorant, annoying, boring, incompetent, destructive, or any combination thereof.

Did that guy just pull out of a driveway onto Main Street at full speed? What a phuquinasceul!

phuquinasceul by Zappin' Nap January 10, 2024

The Real Peter Principle

Actually the "Law of Diminishing Return" renamed to reflect the social mores and cerebral content of its enforcers.

I could tell by that appointment to the seat I had kept so warm that The Real Peter Principle had been applied.

The Real Peter Principle by Zappin' Nap December 28, 2023

cryptic

Any statement presumed wrong, irrelevant, or threatening just because I made it, but otherwise irrefutable.

Perhaps you have a better idea that is not so, what was it, cryptic?

cryptic by Zappin' Nap December 28, 2023

fex post facto 

(etym. "Fex", turd + "Post Facto")
1. The changing of rules or

practices to foil an inconvenient

promotion or recognition.

2. Where management is in on it,

a "Stealth Demotion", marked

by the customary imbalance of

authority and answerability.

Did you see that the new lead tech's most vital efficiency measure has been farmed out to Nursing because some suit's golfing partner didn't think he deserved the job? Talk about Fex Post Facto!

fex post facto by Zappin' Nap December 10, 2023

besunset 

(v.t.) To deliberately withhold volume-sensitive tasks necessary for an employee to maintain advanced-level certification, usually to avoid an appeal much stronger than the damning documentation (if any); for example,

"Oh, Martha doesn't do those anymore... her license was besunsetted to accommodate new insider trainees."

"Oh, Martha doesn't do those anymore... her license was besunsetted to accommodate new insider trainees."

besunset by Zappin' Nap December 5, 2023

Filly Cheesesteak 

A hot sandwich combining process cheese and sliced meat of questionable origin.

I can vouch for the cafeteria's Filly Cheesesteak: she was definitely less than two years old.

Filly Cheesesteak by Zappin' Nap December 5, 2023