Definitions by Zappin' Nap
Ordure of the Night's Template
Ordure of the Night's Template by Zappin' Nap December 5, 2023
Greviously Catholic
Asserting one's affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church by the frequent public mispronunciation of "grievous".
I love watching Mrs. Carlino beat her chest during the pentitantial prayes... she's soooo Greviously Catholic!
Greviously Catholic by Zappin' Nap October 3, 2023
dicasse
An extremely abbreviated hygiene measure taken by a male who would otherwise be late for school or work.
dicasse by Zappin' Nap August 21, 2023
Anoxymoron
A phrase whose principal components reinforce, rather than negate, each other; for example, Artificial Intelligence, which is already controlled by the most artificially intelligent and intellectually artificial.
Artificial Intelligence, being controlled by the most artificially intelligent and intellectually artificial, is not an oxymoron but rather an what I call an anoxymoron.
Anoxymoron by Zappin' Nap August 5, 2023
Airport Triage
The uniform inprocessing Emergency Room patients in a manner and sequence comparable to that of airline passengers; i.e., proof of identity and x-raying of everything.
Airport Triage by Zappin' Nap July 28, 2023
Opposition Attrition
An open-assembly voting strategy in which an item guaranteed to place new tax or other burdens on the town's hardest workers is brought back for a final vote after these riffraff have left to rest up, if not show up, for their next shifts.
Guess what, Tony... that new water works plant passed after we left. We didn't have enough Nays to stop it before we had to leave, and then "opposition attrition" kicked in, leaving the usuals who coulda stayed till noon enough Ayes to ram it through.
Opposition Attrition by Zappin' Nap July 23, 2023
dysquote
v.t., To rephrase a fact-based observation with the specific intent of discrediting its original source, potentially creating or prolonging a hostile work environment in said source's name.
I won't bring Marge up for creating a hostile work environment; had it been her dysquoted regarding my skills I'd be pretty pissed off too.
dysquote by Zappin' Nap July 12, 2023