mandingoe's definitions

broughten

We have already said (or know) everything worth saying about this subject.

Expansion of the contraction "that's already been brought up."

Variant: brought

Did any one see the womens' gold medal soccer game? Wow what a game.

Broughten. We were talking about that before you came in.

by mandingoe July 28, 2004

babushka

1 a triangular kerchief head covering

2 an elderly Russian or eastern European woman. Stereotypically stout.

Once a week I visit three babushkas.

by Mandingoe May 31, 2004

deliverance

A great book and great movie that has been reduced to a line of viscerally disturbing dialogue. This movie did for homophobia what "Saturday Night Fever" did for disco.

Mountain Man: What do you want to do now?
Toothless Man: Grinning He's got a real pretty mouth on him, don't he?
Mountain Man: I'm gonna make you squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee.

by mandingoe May 18, 2004

Husky house

A cute alternative to the term Hummer house or bulky house for a ginormous house built on the site of a former site of a teardown that towers over its neighboring houses.

That husky house is five times larger than the bungalow next to it.

by Mandingoe January 12, 2008

oxter

armpit

a standard english word, not slang, which could and should be used widely

Be sure to wash under your oxters boys.

Shite, your kit smells like a squally oxter.

by mandingoe June 8, 2004

big swinging dick

1. the financial industry's term for a rainmaker; a Wall Street executive who brings in enormous amounts of money for the firm, possibly because he has just screwed a customer.

An expression made famous by Michael Lewis in Liar’s Poker, published in 1989.

2. a mover and shaker in any organization

Calling some one a dick is an insult.
Calling some one a big dick is a bigger insult.
Calling some one a big swinging dick is a term of respect.

Not a nickname for a large gorilla named Richard.

But Dick Perle didn't want to be a mere influence peddler. He wanted to be a businessman, a venture capitalist, a Big Swinging Dick.

by mandingoe October 5, 2004

black friday

A holy day of obligation in the Church of the Almighty Dollar.

Don't believe that BS about black friday being named after accountants' black ink. (wtf?) The love of money is the root of all evil. Black symbolizes evil, the true reason for the name.

by mandingoe December 3, 2005