figleaf23's definitions

murphy bed

a built-in bed that folds up into the wall of a room.

Comedian: My first apartment was so small ...
Audience: How small was it?
Comedian: My first apartment was so small the mice had to have murphy beds.

by Figleaf23 December 16, 2008

smart drinks

beverages sold with the marketing pitch that they improve cognition, alertness, and/or brain function

Ingredients in smart drinks include ginseng, gingko biloba, and guano.

by Figleaf23 January 1, 2009

pome

pronounced "pomm-ee"

Originally an acronym for the status of inmates sent to Australia: 'Prisoner of Mother England'.

At first used by the English to describe Australians (as anyone Australian must, obviously, have come from prison), now in a strange refersal used by Australians to designate anyone from England.

"Oid loik ta waelcum tha pome baastud ta god's awn eu-uth, and ta remoind him we deown't loik stack-ap sticky beeks reound hee."

by Figleaf23 January 1, 2009

Homo Superior

a better grade of gay person

Bruce is just a run-of-the-mill gay.
But Stanley is much better -- he's a homo superior.

by Figleaf23 January 14, 2009

3 dressed up as a 9

on a scale of one to ten, a woman who actually would rate a three presenting superficially as if she were a nine.

"Well you can say what you like
Be what you wanna be
You can suit yourself, baby
But you don't suit me

You're just a 3 dressed up as a 9,
you're only wasting my time."

-Trooper

by Figleaf23 January 1, 2009

Liquor? I don't even know her!

A tired old gag line to say whenever someone says the word 'liquor'.

Drinkin' Man 1: "Hey, let's go get some liquor!"
Drinkin' Man 2: "Liquor? I don't even know her!"

by Figleaf23 September 18, 2007

habberdashery

men's clothing store

I needed a new tie, so I went to a habberdashery and spoke to the habberdasher. Meanwhile, my wife needed a new hat, so she went to the milinery.

by Figleaf23 June 2, 2007