Definitions by balbulican

ding a ling 

1) Penis. Originally emerged in American black popular music, first made known to a wider audience by Chuck Berry in the song "My Ding a Ling".

2) Pejorative term suggesting stupidity.

1) "Y'all must be playin' with your own ding a ling!" Chuck Berry

2) So he tried for four hours to charge his laptop, and then realized that he hadn't installed the battery.

ding a ling by balbulican July 16, 2004

bidniss

A humorous mispronunciation of the word "business", meant satirically to suggest criminal intent.

"I just wanna get together and talk a little...bidness, you know?" said Tony Soprano, glancing shrewdly at Luigi.

bidniss by balbulican July 14, 2004

hair band 

A musical ensemble, generally from the 1980s whose most noteworthy asset is their coiffure.

If they wore jeans, sang about girls and beer, and looked like they spent more on their perms than on their instruments...they were probably a hair band.

hair band by balbulican July 14, 2004

blower 

A telephone

I've got Arnie on the blower, and he wants to come over.

blower by balbulican February 27, 2004

Metis 

A person of mixed Indian and French heritage

Louis Riel is regarded as the founder of the Metis nation in Canada

Metis by balbulican February 26, 2004

skit 

A short piece of theatre, often improvised.

The actors then performed an amusing skit about a penguin and a spiked tennis racket.

skit by balbulican February 26, 2004

jigging 

In Newfoundland and Norther Canada, the practice of fishing without a rod by lowering a hook into the water and rhythmically jerking it upward until it encounters a fish.

"All sizes and figures with squid lines and jiggers, they congregate here on the squid-jigging ground."

jigging by Balbulican January 25, 2004