summer whine

n. A brief expected recurring Canadian complaint about the brevity of the snow-free season.

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Whenever Pierre dusts the snow off his mittens in early June you can expect a summer whine.

by gnostic3 June 27, 2022

resectomy

n. An operation during which something important is removed, but it is not clear, because of infection, scarring or malignant destruction, which organ has been excised.

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You look tired doctor.

Yeah, I was up all night operating.

What operation?

Well... don't really know. Kind of a resectomy. But I think we got it all.

by gnostic3 February 14, 2019

racers

n. People with an interest in reducing racism and related injustices.

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Racers are out to change the world and build a new, just, reality.

by gnostic3 June 06, 2020

papal apology

n. Any meandering speech touching on noble intentions, shifting societal norms, the infallibility of the church, and vague regrets, delivered in a clownish war bonnet.

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Do you think the Ukrainian war will end with a papal apology?

I do not care. As long as it ends.

by gnostic3 August 19, 2022

windlet

n. Tiny gust of air. Any sparse briefly refreshing breeze on a sultry day. Originally an Australian term.

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It’s hotter than a dinkum’s curse today, mate. I’d give a wallaby’s shout for a windlet.

by gnostic3 August 10, 2020

group stage

n. The extremely boring predictable preliminary portion of any event or proceeding.

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The annexation of Austria and the invasion of the Sudetenland were just parts of the group stage of WW II.

Like the Iowa caucuses?

Exactly, only with less megalomaniacs.

by gnostic3 November 21, 2022

indigeneity

adj. Possessing a degree of aboriginal blood, or spirit, or, at the very least, having a working knowledge of a John Wayne movie or the poem “Hiawatha”.

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I think my class visit to the reserve gives me enough indigeneity to qualify for an aboriginal action bursary.

Ingenious!

by gnostic3 November 10, 2022