paraph

a fancy flourish after a signature

My brother's signature is easily recognizable by his gaudy paraph!

by talk2me-JCH2 July 19, 2022

Hippie minded

A person, or people who abandons conventional lifestyles to show their unhappiness with mainstream society. They try to live a freer and more natural lifestyle, one without restraints.

He is 75 years old and still wearing torn jeans, tie-dyed shirts and sandals. He was at Woodstock in '69 and is still very much 'Hippie minded' here in his senior years.

by talk2me-JCH2 September 23, 2022

prairie

A vacant lot where children play.

The kids are playing softball over in the prairie.

by talk2me-JCH2 June 03, 2022

smorzando

In a manner thats dying/fading out; fading out as at the end of music, as opposed to an abrupt ending.

How am I these days, you ask? Man, I'm living smorzando like most of us baby boomers!

by talk2me-JCH2 July 18, 2022

whiskey neat

Whiskey poured from a bottle straight into a glass, with nothing else in the glass (no ice, mixer, or water).

By drinking whiskey neat a drinker can appreciate all of the complex flavors the spirit has to offer.

by talk2me-JCH2 July 07, 2022

Up to 90

Flat out busy doing something.

wifey: Busy day? You look beat!
hubby: Things went about normal up to midday then the bottom seemed to fall out! I was Up to 90 for the remainder of the day.

by talk2me-JCH2 July 05, 2022

sick as a dog

People often associate a sick dog with eating grass and vomiting globs of whatever.

I drank too much last night and spent an hour with my head over the toilet bowl, sick as a dog!

by talk2me-JCH2 June 20, 2023