gnostic3's definitions

ho hummish

adj. Moderately bleak state of being. Similar to eeyoriffic but not so gloomy.

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I don't think I’ll go out tonight. I feel a bit ho hummish.

by gnostic3 December 21, 2017

Anger management

v. Organising one's life so as to be first to listen to the new Rolling Stones song or, by extension, any faddish piece of pop culture.

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Dude! I can't get married this weekend;: I'll be too totally involved in Anger management.

Court order or peer pressure?

by gnostic3 September 14, 2023

Colour deaf

Adj. An inability to hear or understand certain words related to coloration, shading, texture etc. Sometimes used as a cover-up for in attention or ignorance.

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What is this? I said to paint the kitchen mauve with beige accents! Does that look mauve?

Sorry dear. Don't yell. You know I'm colour deaf.

by gnostic3 October 25, 2014

tubulation

n. A happy state in which operative team jubilation occurs because the patient's trachea has been filled by a plastic cylinder conveying anaesthetic gases ... and oxygen.

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Finally! Tubulation has been achieved and Daniel can start composing ribald pimple limericks.

"Daniel's needle created a dimple
The size of a Saturday pimple.
The nurse said, "Are you blind?"
Dan replied, "I don't mind!
I've got two doctorates but I'm simple."

by gnostic3 August 17, 2023

nursish

adj. Having some of the skills and qualities of a nurse without any actual training.

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You’re limping. Better let me have a feel of your leg.

Okay. You are a nurse, right?

Well, I’m nursish.

by gnostic3 May 27, 2018

tinfoil

n. In the 1940s strips of tinfoil were dumped from planes to shield them from radar detection. Now the word is applied to any event or announcement which shields a politician by deflecting the focus or attention of the press and public.

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Middle east peace plan, chinese viral apocalypse, pretty big news day!

Just tinfoil my naive friend. Just tinfoil.

by gnostic3 January 30, 2020

changing of the guard

v. Upper class British term for applying a fresh condom.

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I say. Last night at the orgy Andrew yelled that it was time for a changing of the guard. I thought it a wee bit tacky.

The command was tacky, or the condom?

by gnostic3 January 18, 2022