octopod's definitions

Singes capitulards bouffeurs de fromage

Frog for cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

A dozen gross white flags for the Bastille Day parade. Oui, oui, pour les singes capitulards bouffeurs de fromage.

by octopod November 23, 2003

Don't try this at home

Anything that's fun or dangerous, from the lawyer warnings on TV commercials. See professional driver on closed course.

Look, he's skateboarding on top of a 767!

Don't try this at home.

by octopod July 11, 2004

mensch

An upstanding, worthy, honorable adult person of either sex. Fr. German and Yiddish for "human being." Cf. Chinese jin, literally "man" but with similar meaning.

Be a mensch! Admit your mistake and make things good.

by Octopod November 8, 2003

titoi

"Fuck you" in Tahitian.

I asked him to lend me 10000 Polynesian francs. "Titoi, popa'a" said he.

by octopod October 7, 2004

Twentieth Century

1. The ~ Limited, an extinct luxury train from New York to Chicago.
2. Hell on Earth, 1900-1999, or 1901-2000, for would-be purists.

In the Twentieth Century fools prated of progress, and mass murder was an athletic event.

by Octopod November 8, 2003

Lagunatic

A denizen of Laguna Beach, California.

The Lagunatics talk about real estate one minute, and their chakras the next. A bunch of bobos

by octopod May 29, 2004

Rat Pack

1. Legendary Hollywood group of the '50s, noted for what then passed for glamorous decadence.

2. Any group prone to pally misbehavior.

Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. were members of the Rat Pack

by octopod July 10, 2004