al-in-chgo's definitions

Jes sayin'

A mild dialect-in-writing variant of "just sayin'," a phrase that follows a statement or affirmation that might potentially give offense in order to defuse any insult.

Standard English equivalent = "No offense."

"You buzzed that guy in? Suppose he was some sort of murderer or rapist?"

"That so-called murderer and rapist just happens to be my brother."

"Jes sayin'."

by al-in-chgo October 31, 2013

pun

A play on words. Generally a pun takes a word that is quite understandable in context and replaces it with a homonym (same-sounding word) to create an entirely new meaning, or replaces a word with a similar-sounding one to the same effect.

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A pun involving a word with two possible meanings --

Nurse, to young woman about to receive a vaccination:

"You're going to feel a little prick."

Woman: "It wouldn't be the first time."

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A pun that uses a similar-sounding term to the expected one, to humorous effect --

A one-liner: "JFK's private life was so sexy they should have called his administration Cum-A-Lot."

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by al-in-chgo March 13, 2010

goof off

1. To slack off or waste time with the implication that the time is better spent at something to hand (like one's job);

2. Semi-euphemism for "masturbate."

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-After school, Sam was downtown as usual, the typical small-town Drugstore Cowboy, goofing off.

-In the movie THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971), the coach's remark to the basketball team, "If y'all boys didn't jack off so much, you might amount to something," was replaced by "If y'all boys didn't goof off so much, you might amount to something," for the TV release.

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by al-in-chgo August 18, 2010

coonass

1) What East Texans call a Cajun.

2) What East Texans call an East Texas Cajun, as opposed to a Louisiana Cajun.

3) Any Cajun, though increasingly term is considered derogatory.

-- Did you know that Cajuns in East Texas are called "coonasses"?

-- "Who says?"

-- "My cousin Bubba, from Beaumont."

by al-in-chgo June 15, 2013

detumecence

Common misspelling of "detumescence."

See "detumescence."

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"There's a typo in your script. You wrote "detumecence" when it should have been "detumescence."

"Oh, no one will catch that."

"Just you wait and see."

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by al-in-chgo March 20, 2010

book soldier

Origin probably military. A book soldier is a person caught up in details and procedures, but lacking in experience and insight. Typically used disparagingly, a book soldier typically is a bureaucrat or official of small import enforcing petty rules that the objects of his/her decision see as virtually meaningless. As a result of, or in compensation for, this focus on minute details, the book soldier secures his or her reputation by being, or described as being, head-smart not street-smart, or educated fool, or drone, lacking empathy and grace.

"Second Lieutenant Johnson" was the classic book soldier: He knew ROTC protocol but nothing about actual warfare, or how to handle a platoon for that matter. If he can't find it in the manual, he freaks out. That's why Sarge calls the shots."

"Jason is a sweet person in real life but at work, in Human Resources, he is a total book soldier. He told me once that one of the staff missed making Employee of the Month because of a two-minute discrepancy between the time clock and the sign-in sheet. I guess in a job like that, it pays to be anal, but fortunately that's not the Jason I usually see."

by al-in-chgo September 10, 2010

bread and butter

A type of superstition, a chant that is uttered when something physically gets in the way of a couple, such as a pole or another person on the street. Origin: USA, early 1920's. Alternative: "Salt and Pepper."

"Oh, we've got to let that bicyclist through."

(They drop hands to let the bicyclist pass in between.)
"Bread and butter." -- "Bread and butter."

by al-in-chgo March 21, 2019