Definitions by al-in-chgo
the tick-tock
"We don't know the tick-tock of those (scandalous) events yet." ~ Chuck Todd, MEET THE PRESS, February 11, 2018.
the tick-tock by al-in-chgo May 5, 2018
circumbendibus
"I'm not going to argue with you any more! We're just going 'round and 'round, and I won't get on that circumbendibus again!"
circumbendibus by al-in-chgo February 12, 2018
pacy
pacy by al-in-chgo July 26, 2017
GOP
1) Traditional nickname of Republican party, short for "Grand Old Party."
2) More recently, slang for a pizza topped with pepperoni, onion and green pepper.
(G=Green pepper; O=Onion; P=Pepperoni.)
2) More recently, slang for a pizza topped with pepperoni, onion and green pepper.
(G=Green pepper; O=Onion; P=Pepperoni.)
-- "You should stay, I just ordered a GOP and there'll be plenty of food."
-- "I didn't know they made house calls. What do you mean?"
-- "A GOP is a pizza topped with green pepper, onion, and pepperoni."
-- "I'd love to share, if a political agnostic is allowed to partake."
-- "I didn't know they made house calls. What do you mean?"
-- "A GOP is a pizza topped with green pepper, onion, and pepperoni."
-- "I'd love to share, if a political agnostic is allowed to partake."
GOP by al-in-chgo June 10, 2017
Papadaddy
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!"
Papadaddy by al-in-chgo June 7, 2017
honey badger
A vicious and very hardy feral animal that can withstand attacks, stings, and even snake bites yet keeps on killing and eating. Metaphorically, an assistant or political operative who takes a similar "no-holds-barred" approach and is always on the attack despite attacks and reprisals.
"Official Washington and its counterparts around the globe are struggling to understand just how much the honey badgers are now running the show." - TIME magazine, 13 February 2017
honey badger by al-in-chgo February 4, 2017
puppy-dog book
A used book (overall condition unimportant) that an avid reader "rescues" from a library sale, used-bookstore, clearance shelf, or home of a downsizing relative, without any immediate need for it but in the fear it will be pulped otherwise. The term puppy-dog comes from the similarity to rescuing an animal and taking it home to a house already full of cats and dogs, for fear it would otherwise be euthanized.
"Did you really need to buy DISCOURSES ON LIVY by Niccolo Machiavelli?"
"Well . . . it's a puppy-dog book to me. It's a good clean copy, it was cheap, eventually I may find time to read it, and most of all I couldn't bear the idea of it hitting the recycling bin and sent to print heaven."
"Well . . . it's a puppy-dog book to me. It's a good clean copy, it was cheap, eventually I may find time to read it, and most of all I couldn't bear the idea of it hitting the recycling bin and sent to print heaven."
puppy-dog book by al-in-chgo August 4, 2016