Definitions by gnostic3

herpectomy 

n. Removal of a herpetic lesion. A fanciful operation conceived by alternative practitioners and desired by ignorant sufferers.
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So I was all like, "I needs a herpectomy, I got a date tonight!" And he just stares down his stethoscope and says that operation don't exist. Don't exist! I see ads for it on those bus signs every day!

herpectomy by gnostic3 November 4, 2016

World Cup of Hockey

n. Lame pseudo-competition dreamt up to justify keeping a frozen sheet of ice in Toronto during September.

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You going to watch the World Cup of Hockey?
Not unless I get paid and have a stroke so I can't run off with the cash.

World Cup of Hockey by gnostic3 November 4, 2016

dorkoration

n. Incredibly poor speech or speaking style. Not to be confused with doorkoration which is an awful ornament stuck on a door, usually at Christmas.

Did you catch the debate last night?

I cannot be bothered to listen to that dorkoration.

dorkoration by gnostic3 November 4, 2016

Nobel gesture 

n. A refusal of a major cash prize or honour because of the horribly tainted origin of the award money.

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I hear Bob Dylan is going to refuse the Nobel Prize because Alfred Nobel made his fortune manufacturing high explosives.

Excellent. He is to be congratulated for making a Nobel gesture

Nobel gesture by gnostic3 November 3, 2016

gravy wave 

n. Aussie surfer term for a special thunderous wave that comes at the end of a good day of banging about on the woolies.

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What you reckon? Time to get home and grease the koala?

No, no! Hang about Fred! I think I see a gravy wave forming.

gravy wave by gnostic3 November 3, 2016

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?

hurricane mickey by gnostic3 October 6, 2016

tax shelter 

n. Bunker in which to hide with one's tax returns when the press come around.

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I need a few more yards of concrete. The reporters got a backhoe and dug up my last tax shelter.

Have you thought of using a charitable foundation?

tax shelter by gnostic3 October 3, 2016