gnostic3's definitions

trumpet

adj. Activity, project etc. that has the blessing of the President and is therefore usually odd or morally suspect.

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Is building a wall between you and the world still your trumpet project?

And my dream.

by gnostic3 December 12, 2016

overumbraging

v. Taking offence when obviously none was intended.

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My law firm wants to fire me because I said I liked to eat brownies. There were crumbs on my lips. Delicious crumbs.

Overumbraging. It’ll be the death of conversation.

You can’t say “death”. Major trigger.

by gnostic3 December 5, 2022

hankish

adj. Leaning toward totally excellent.Approaching being a super-celebrity in ways minor celebrities cannot even imagine. Often used sarcastically.

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You cleaned your room! Let me call the press. You are totally hankish.

by gnostic3 March 18, 2021

hurricane mickey

n. Any overblown squall that generates a lot of hype and closes airports and, most especially, amusement parks.

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Up for a trip to Disney World?
I hear it's closed . There's a hurricane mickey coming.
Surfing then?

by gnostic3 October 6, 2016

yank drubbing

v. Defeating the USA in any sporting competition. Also a sexual euphemism in Canada.

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After a tiring morning with the Finns the Swedes will be yank drubbing all night long.

by gnostic3 January 2, 2020

masking

v. Invalid actions undertaken to create the illusion that a problem has been meaningfully addressed.

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There’s a chlorine leak at the pool and the “authorities” want us to cover our faces with wet cloth. Isn’t that just masking?

by gnostic3 March 24, 2022

goostrich

n. Any hard to identify tall gangly bird. Also, by extension, any ungainly woman, especially in Australia.

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Spied Bruce here with a proper goostrich last night at the Clobber Dinkum in Perth. Looked like they was about to nest in the bulrushes.

Stick a Fosters in yer gob Charley. That was me mum choking on a bit of wallaby brisket.

by gnostic3 January 7, 2022