octopod's definitions

contradiction

The opposite of argument. From a legendary Monty Python sketch.

That's not an argument, it's contradiction!
No it isn't!

by octopod November 9, 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.

by octopod November 19, 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

graybar hotel

Jail; hoosegow; the can; the jug; the calabozo; the slammer. A school of crime where you can get free medical care from Vietnames quacks and get ass-fucked as often as you like, or more. Also graybar motel.

I kited some checks, so they sent me on a three-month vacation at the graybar hotel.

by Octopod November 6, 2003

up shit's creek in a barbed-wire canoe

In serious trouble. Typically Australian version of "up the creek without a paddle."

When I reached for my credit card and found it was gone, I understood I was up shit's creek in a barbed-wire canoe.

by octopod August 25, 2004

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.

by Octopod November 12, 2003

rug rat

A kid or ankle-biter. There's a TV show with the same name.

"A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do." -- Rug Rats

by Octopod November 5, 2003