Franticky is a combination of FRANTIC + PANICKY. It describes a situation in which a person is in a desperate hurry to do something, escape from a situation, etc., but whose efforts don't work because the panicked nature of his/her mood makes focus and resolve impossible.
"June, the phone bill is right here under your nose. You'd have found if if you hadn't been blindly riffling through the papers, all franticky."
by al-in-chgo March 05, 2010
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by al-in-chgo August 12, 2018
Get the Amageddon mug.Feeling mixed emotions, conflicted. Often implies an inability to feel and express primary emotions (love, fear, anger) without dissonant conflicts brought in from earlier issues or experiences.
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"I just got a text from my BFF Becky. She said she just kissed Johnny. That's a problem, because I like Johnny, and Becky's not even hot. Now I'm emotionally compromised (smashes pink SUV into completely innocent person's car in mall parking lot)."
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"I just got a text from my BFF Becky. She said she just kissed Johnny. That's a problem, because I like Johnny, and Becky's not even hot. Now I'm emotionally compromised (smashes pink SUV into completely innocent person's car in mall parking lot)."
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by al-in-chgo August 23, 2010
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If you mean "sadomasochism," just say "SM."
If you mean "sadomasochism," just say "SM."
by al-in-chgo January 25, 2013
Get the S and M mug.1. Traditionally, a Southern USA expression for a grandfather, probably from "Papa's Daddy."
2. By extension, a traditionally masculine (non-Metrosexual) man who plays a "Daddy" role emotionally, sexually or financially.
2. By extension, a traditionally masculine (non-Metrosexual) man who plays a "Daddy" role emotionally, sexually or financially.
-- "Who's that man I saw you with at the cafeteria? He's old enough to be your father."
-- "Dear heart, he's almost old enough to be my grandfather and I am just lovin' it! Papadaddy! Papadaddy!"
-- "Dear heart, he's almost old enough to be my grandfather and I am just lovin' it! Papadaddy! Papadaddy!"
by al-in-chgo June 07, 2017
Get the Papadaddy mug.(Occasionally "cubby bear"): A hairy young gay man with the beginnings of a bear's burly or stocky figure. He doesn't have to be short; to indicate shortness of stature or slenderness in a hairy young gay man, the going term is "otter".
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"Roman Wright is six foot two and hairy-chested. He's a bear cub because he's only 28 years old.
With that height, he will definitely never be an otter, though."
With that height, he will definitely never be an otter, though."
by al-in-chgo February 26, 2010
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Thus a "smarmy" person is cloying, over-ingratiating, oleaginous ("oily"), close, and over-familiar.
Thus a "smarmy" person is cloying, over-ingratiating, oleaginous ("oily"), close, and over-familiar.
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"Who was that man who pretended to know you so well?"
"Oh, Kenneth. Ignore him. He confuses charm with smarm."
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"Who was that man who pretended to know you so well?"
"Oh, Kenneth. Ignore him. He confuses charm with smarm."
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by al-in-chgo March 25, 2010
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