Definitions by octopod

house of ill fame 

Whorehouse, brothel, bordello, house of ill reute, cathouse.

Ken Starr thought Clinton turned the White House into a house of ill fame.

house of ill fame by octopod November 19, 2003

towel snapping

Any kind of stereotypically male banter or sparring, verbal or otherwise; from the habit of boys in high schoo locker rooms snapping towels at each others' butts.

I used to watch the political towel-snapping on "The McLaughlin Group."

towel snapping by octopod November 19, 2003

perp walk 

Practice of displaying an arrested person to the press and public while delivering the person to the courtroom, etc.

Giuliani arrested stockbrokers and took them on a "perp walk" when he could have arrange for them to surrender quietly.

perp walk by octopod November 19, 2003

perp 

perpetrator, one who a police officer suspects of a crime

The perpetrator exited the vehicle and made a furtive gesture as if to seize a weapon, whereupon I blew him away.

perp by Octopod November 12, 2003

acoustic

Real, not artificial; technologically and stylistically simple, like acoustic vs. electric guitar music.

This hand-made wood furniture is really acoustic.

acoustic by octopod November 12, 2003

ass from first base

A hyperbolic distinction that only a blithering idiot could not make. Also ass from a hole in the ground, shit from shinola, can't fight his way out of a paper bag, dumb as a rock.

When it comes to installing drywall, I don't know my ass from first base.

ass from first base by octopod November 12, 2003

R. Crumb

The greatest artist of the twentieth century. Comix, wisdom, and more.

R. Crumb's Mr. Natural is a brilliantly conceived character.

R. Crumb by octopod November 10, 2003