octopod's definitions

dog's dinner

A mess, a fiasco. British.

The European Union has made a dog's dinner of its economic policy.

by octopod June 17, 2004

sock it to me

Let me have it! Do your worst! Rock my world! Used on a Nixon-era TV comedy show starring Rowan & Martin.

Sock it to me!
(A pail full of water hits the speaker's face.)

by octopod November 9, 2003

shit from shinola

Naive, stupid. Can't tell one's ass from first base; see Shinola.

"That yahoo can't tell shit from shinola"
"That geologist can't tell schist from shinola."

by Octopod November 6, 2003

wang

Penis, pecker, schlong, dong, ding-a-ling, winker, willy, johnson, prick, cock, meat-stick, skin flute, virile member, organ, putz.

The principal caught us smoking, but he might not have suspended us. Then I told him to suck my wang . . .

by octopod May 30, 2006

highbrow

Pretentious, snobbish, intellectual or pseudo-int. See lowbrow.

"Your best girl friend
She might be a highbrow,
Changing clothes three times a day . . ."
-- Sippie Wallace

by Octopod November 4, 2003

fiat money

Money that is only money because some government says that it is.

There's no gold or silver backing greenbacks.

by octopod January 16, 2004

marriage of convenience

A marriage entered into for show, for money, for prestige, but definitely not our of romantic love.

Diana didn't realize that for Charles, it was a marriage of convenience.

by Octopod November 8, 2003