mandingoe's definitions

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

junk in the trunk

having a prodigious butt

a little more than badonkadonk but less extreme than having an SUV in the pants

I don't mind a woman with a little meat on her bones, a little junk in her trunk.

by mandingoe June 1, 2004

jag

to tease

someone who relentlessly teases is a jagoff - a real jerk

Pittsburghese

C'mon, I was just jaggin' ya

by mandingoe August 27, 2004

postal

1. to go on a shooting spree, especially at a workplace

2. to snap out in a psychotic rage

OK OK, don't go postal over it.

by mandingoe May 18, 2004

eat face

to swap spit; to french kiss, to snog

this was a vulgar preppism (yes preppys can be as vulgar as they wanna be) circa the last days of disco

I saw Rob and Tara outside eating face.

by Mandingoe May 28, 2004

green tea

Green tea is the new aloe.
Green tea can cure cancer, lupus, shingles, and hemroids.

Barberess at Hairkuttery: Would you like the tea tree shampoo?
Contra-Dictionarian: What's that?
Barberess at Hairkuttery: Green tea is the new aloe.
Contra-Dictionarian: Sweet - maybe that will cure my crabs.

by Mandingoe April 25, 2006

bent out of shape

agitated,upset

ranking:
* pissed off
* tit in a wringer
* pissy
* ticked off
* undies in a bundle
*>bent out of shape
* peaved
* miffed (annoyed and fey)

"Hey, man," he started, "what are you all bent out of shape
about?"

Gritting my teeth, I snapped "Don't get me started, pal,"

by mandingoe October 10, 2005