james j. mitchell's definitions
NOUN:
1. The moment when one stops lamenting long enough to catch a breath.
2. Scotch whiskey, preferably single-malt.
1. The moment when one stops lamenting long enough to catch a breath.
2. Scotch whiskey, preferably single-malt.
"Shirley stopped whining just long enough for a bit of Presbyterian joy."
"Pour me another shot of that Presbyterian joy."
"Pour me another shot of that Presbyterian joy."
by James J. Mitchell September 7, 2006
Get the Presbyterian joymug. VERB:
To act weird in public just for grins. To play a practical joke. To try to freak people out by calculatedly bizarre behavior. To mess with peoples' minds.
NOUN: The act itself.
To act weird in public just for grins. To play a practical joke. To try to freak people out by calculatedly bizarre behavior. To mess with peoples' minds.
NOUN: The act itself.
"We like to noss whenever we're in a crowd."
"Don't mind me, I'm just nossing."
"Do you think his act was serious, or was it just a big noss?"
"I noss, therefore I'm weird."
Term coined in Indianapolis, Indiana in early 1970's.
"Don't mind me, I'm just nossing."
"Do you think his act was serious, or was it just a big noss?"
"I noss, therefore I'm weird."
Term coined in Indianapolis, Indiana in early 1970's.
by James J. Mitchell September 7, 2006
Get the Nossmug. "I'm not fat, I'm abdominally enhanced."
"Who's the abdominally enhanced fellow standing over there."
"Who's the abdominally enhanced fellow standing over there."
by James J. Mitchell September 7, 2006
Get the Abdominally enhancedmug. NOUN:
Thingamajig, whatchamacallit, wossname, thingamabob. Term used to describe something whose exact name is unknown.
First overheard in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1973.
Thingamajig, whatchamacallit, wossname, thingamabob. Term used to describe something whose exact name is unknown.
First overheard in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1973.
"Hand me that there hulamagatchie, will ya?"
"You can't look at just one aspect of the thing; you've got to consider the entire hulamagatchie."
"You can't look at just one aspect of the thing; you've got to consider the entire hulamagatchie."
by James J. Mitchell September 1, 2006
Get the Hulamagatchiemug. NOUN:
A person who is always complaining or putting up a fuss. Derived from a combination of the word "fuss" and "budget," which used to mean a type of container.
A person who is always complaining or putting up a fuss. Derived from a combination of the word "fuss" and "budget," which used to mean a type of container.
by James J. Mitchell October 23, 2006
Get the fussbudgetmug. "Fate is a stubborn mule; sometimes you've got to give in and make peace with the donkey."
"Joe decided to make peace with the donkey and accept his punishment like a man."
"There's no point in living in the past. Make peace with the donkey and get on with your life."
"Joe decided to make peace with the donkey and accept his punishment like a man."
"There's no point in living in the past. Make peace with the donkey and get on with your life."
by James J. Mitchell September 7, 2006
Get the Make peace with the donkeymug. by James J. Mitchell August 31, 2006
Get the Foobmug.