Definitions by gnostic3

Albertan safety 

n. False security of person, or society, engendered by deliberate blind ignorance of science and reason.

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Safety harnesses??!! I think not! Actually, I very much think not! My family will be climbing this mountain using only Albertan safety.

And body bags?

And body bags!

Albertan safety by gnostic3 December 21, 2021

helleau 

n. Perfume conveying a whiff of Hades. Used in Australia as a warning of impending danger.

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Cricket mate! Watch your bleeding stride. You’re not circumcising a wallaby in Perth now. One more step toward that croc and you’ll be getting a good whiff of helleau.

helleau by gnostic3 December 21, 2021

facers 

n. Brave souls who face down evils and dangers with little thought to how they might protect themselves and others.

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It’s about to get real, facers! Rocky roads ahead, so take them boots off your kids tender feet and prepare to ignore the squeals.

facers by gnostic3 December 21, 2021

shielders 

n. People who fearfully hide from the dangers of the world, often by taking sensible precautions.

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Hey! You shielders can come out now. We facers have faced down the plague and the sickened remnants of our brave band are ready for your well-reasoned care.

shielders by gnostic3 December 21, 2021

lying nine 

v. Having an obscene advantage. Originally a Canadian ice-curling term but now a popular Aussie expression.

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Move your bishop up a few squares mate! You’ll be lying nine and guzzling a frozen festive in two shakes of a wallaby’s snake.

lying nine by gnostic3 December 20, 2021

liverty

n. Freedom to destroy one’s liver with copious amounts of alcohol.

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Give me liverty or give me death. Or both!!

liverty by gnostic3 December 20, 2021

white stuff 

n. Mysterious anaesthetic agent that solves all problems... Patient awareness? Patient motion? Tachycardia? Hypertension? ... Inject the white stuff!

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“Sorry to disturb your sudoku time doc but the patient is ...”

“White stuff! For God’s sake! Give the white stuff! What year are you in? Don’t they teach anything in Calgary?”

white stuff by gnostic3 June 20, 2021