Welshman's prick

Short and thick, so 'tis said, a chud.

What size dowel do you need?

A Welshman's prick.

by octopod May 01, 2005

point of order

Fifties talk for "bullshit!"

"Point of order!" screamed the minority leader, frothing at the mouth.

by Octopod November 08, 2003

preppy Bolshevik

Anyone on NPR. Cookie-pushers, pinkos, and limousine liberals with expensive degrees, an air of moral superiority, and left politics. See bobo, Bolshevik.

Howard Dean is such a preppy Bolshevik, he's totally naive about the South.

by octopod November 09, 2003

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 08, 2003

house of ill repute

Euphemism for a whorehouse, bordello, brothel, also house of ill fame. See cathouse.

A "professor" sells snake oil at a carnival, or plays piano in a house of ill repute.

by octopod November 06, 2003

mulatress

Female offspring of a white and a black. Fem. of mulatto

The late Sen. Strom Thurmond's daughter (by the family maid) is a mulatress.

by octopod July 05, 2004

dog in that fight

"I don't have a dog in that fight," means "I don't have a stake in the outcome." Not quite so strong as call somebody who gives a shit.

This expression is neo-Texan.

Russians are fighting Chechens. We Uruguayans don't have a dog in that fight.

by octopod October 26, 2007