A 'self drive' is a name used by tv/film crews for a local actor that is a bit too big for there britches. Usually a 'self drive' is only a small part of the production. However they demand far too much attention, are hard to please and take themselves far too seriously. They are a general pain in the ass for the costume, hair, make-up, props department and assistant directors who try to assist them. They are far more trouble than the principle actors that are driven to work by a cast driver.
"Just who the hell does that actor think she is? I've altered her costume three times and she's still bitching. Fucking Self Drive."
"That Self Drive has caused me more grief in one day that the lead actors have in a month."
Hym "I could probably get that to work, by the way. Self-Driving? I've been working on a way to circumvent the energy issues (which the reason you can't put A.I. into things yet according to Sabine Hossenfelder). I could probably get it into stuff."
A person you hate intensely not because they deserve such hatred but because they serve as a focus for your general hatred. A healthy way to dispense with excess animosity.
Jake's not really that big an asshole. He just serves as my hate sink.
A toe rag was originally a foot wrapping used, since mediaeval times up until the mid-nineteenth century, to protect the foot from chafing by boots or shoes. As these were, quite literally, rags they weren’t usually washed, and so with use they became very smelly until they were thrown away. Because of the similarity in smell, toe rag also became the name applied to dried, salted cod or other things with a strong, unpleasant, fishy smell. It didn’t take that long before the name was applied to someone who was an obnoxious, unpleasant OIC.
1 “Socks! Those aren’t socks you smelly git, they’re toe rags!”
2 “What have you been cooking? Smells like toe rag!”
3 “I can smell ‘er fanny from ‘ere, proper toe rag.”
4 That Heale Malcolm is a right toe rag.