david lincoln brooks's definitions

tits 'n' ass

Breasts and female buttocks. This expression comes from the entertainment industry, and may well date to the vaudeville era. It means using feminine beauty, in various states of undress, to spice up or ornament a dramatic or musical show. Often used cynically to imply that the tastes of audiences are of the lowest common denominator: shallow and sexually-obsessed, failing to appreciate other aspects of a show thought "finer", such as drama, action, talent or music.

Example 1: When we staged this show, we included a number of scantily-clad female dancers, because all audiences really want nowadays is tits 'n' ass.

Example 2: You're spending HOW much on your musicians for this show? Don't you know that all people really want is tits 'n' ass?

Example 3: In the 1960's, pop music was really about talent and musical ability. Now it's all about tits 'n' ass.

by david lincoln brooks November 10, 2013

Every hole's a goal

(Chiefly British) Perhaps alluding to soccer/football, this is the ribald motto, usually, of men who have been much drinking alcohol together... The resultant inebriation makes them extremely indiscriminate of the target for their ever-increasing horniness.

Rugby player #1: "Nigel, with one more Guinness down your neck, you're liable to go home with a tranvestite!"

Rugby Player #2: "Ay, mate, every hole's a goal, as they say. Cheers!"

by david lincoln brooks July 6, 2008

Thanks for sharing

An example of the rhetorical trope of LITOTES (understatement), This is the delicate response one gives to someone who, in a group setting, suddenly blurts out information which is extremely personal, unusually revealing, and possibly unique to that individual. It comes from settings like group psychological counseling or 12-step groups, in which such highly personal testimonies are followed by the Moderator's cool "thanks for sharing." said smoothly-- no matter how disturbing or shocking or incredible was the confession that preceded it. This catchphrase may well have originated from the 1980's TV sitcom, BOB, which starred comedian Bon Newhart as a psychiatrist.

12-step member: "Hi, My name is Marcia."

Group: "Hi, Marcia."

Marcia: I just want to say I'm glad I'm here tonight, I'm a child of incest, I'm a heroin addict and I just murdered my husband"

Moderator: (Smiling benignly, completely calmly) Thanks for sharing, Marcia.

by david lincoln brooks November 3, 2008

lightie

(South African slang. Used primarily in boys' school contexts.)

A high school underclassman; young boy or young teenager. Slightly pejorative, but not meanspirited.

Now that that ouk is a prefect, he can tune all the lighties.

Translation: Now that that guy is a school prefect (upperclassman) he can direct, scold and order about the younger boys (lower classman).

Yesterday we caught the rugby game... it was all the lighties playing.

by david lincoln brooks November 19, 2010

babysitting

Owing something to the orignal meaning of the word, in computer-speak this refers to a computer process-- such as the installation of new software-- which the installer cannot or dare not leave, because the installation is not fully automatic and might require input from the installer during the install.

Computer Geek 1: "Lets go grab a Starucks, want to?"

Computer Geek 2: "Can't. I'm installing new software."

Computer Geek 1: "Oh, just let it install itself, automatically."

Computer Geek 2: "No, this software requires some heavy babysitting."

by david lincoln brooks June 20, 2007

Whatever takes you home.

This millennial update of the Swingin' 60's "Whatever turns you on" is a little bit more cynical, yet more open to so-called alternative lifestyles. Truly a "post-porn" phrase, it refers to the internal visualizations one does as fantasy to induce sexual arousal and ultimately, orgasm ("home"). Loosely, it can mean "Whatever makes you happy" or "There's no accounting for taste."

Gossip #1: Have you seen his new wife? She's half his age, and he insisted that she have breast implants done, and that she bleach her hair blonde!"

Gossip #2: Wow. Whatever takes you home, I guess, hmm?

Or:

Man #1: I'm painting my house canary yellow... What do you think?

Man #2: Whatever takes you home.

by david lincoln brooks March 24, 2006

peed in the punchbowl

Slang phrase meaning figuratively to spoil a good thing or favorable situation by some erring, usually small, behavior.

Michael Dukakis seemed like a good presidential candidate; but he peed in the punchbowl by revealing he had been treated for depression.

Oprah Winfrey's TV network was going well until her CEO peed in the punchbowl with her incompetence and was fired.

by david lincoln brooks May 31, 2011