night auks

A medical practice (formerly, "night hawks") that engages specialized physicians for interpreting diagnostic images remotely, often more slowly than their in-house colleagues.

English accent my arse! I call 'em night auks because of their relative speed!

by Zappin' Nap December 25, 2021

Bident

Any piercing two-ended structure, such as a deli fork or the president's tongue.

"Tribal proverb obsolete: Great White Father now speak with Bident!"

by Zappin' Nap April 20, 2024

academized

Disqualified for or discharged from a position in order to accommodate a locally educated peer.

There is no document trail. A graduate of the local school whose kid's best friend's mother is the team leader wanted Ellie's job and that was it; they academized her.

by Zappin' Nap October 27, 2021

flatch hatch

n. An automotive sunroof whose rear end may be elevated for emergency ventilation.

I'm riding to the Chili Cookoff with Tom -- his car's got a flatch hatch.

by Zappin' Nap October 22, 2007

Alexander Dumbass

An exceptional dullard, though not to the level of Henry Dumbass.

Then the contestant, reacting to the audience's laughter after she identified the author of The Three Musketeers as "Alexander Dumbass", said, "No...wait... Henry Dumbass!" -- from the Pardon My Blooper album, 1957.

by Zappin' Nap March 31, 2020

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.

by Zappin' Nap August 05, 2023

millipube

In music post-production, the basic unit of horizontal note or beat shifting necessary to correct a timing error.

"Jenna, you're still about seven millipubes ahead of the snare, let's wrap up and we'll correct it it post."

by Zappin' Nap February 24, 2021