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

not enough popcorn

I don't have time to tell the story--it's too long, say, movie length.

"So how come you got divorced?"
"Not enough popcorn."

by octopod October 18, 2008

There goes the neighborhood!

The first you-name-the-ethnic-group has moved in, and the racist neighbors are restless.

"We're from Remulac. It's a village in France."
"There goes the neighborhood."

by Octopod November 5, 2003

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

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

graybar motel

See graybar hotel.

Hotel, schmotel, the Waldorf Astoria it ain't.

by Octopod November 6, 2003

shvug

A Yiddish term of derision for a stupid nigger. Related, possibly, to shvartzer.

When they arrested the shvug, the trap was still clamped on his hand. They had to take him to the hospital.

by octopod May 4, 2009