AKACroatalin's definitions

Boat Race

Cockney rhyming slang for face. Sometimes, but not usually shortened to boat. The term received wider recognition in 1979 when the Monks released their recording of “Shame about her face”.

Nice legs shame about her boat race.

by AKACroatalin February 12, 2017

Drunk Chivalry

Refraining from having sex with a female while you are both suffering from the effects of overindulgence in alcohol. Most cases like that are usually described as brewer’s droop or beerdick. Perhaps the person who came up with the idea that this is down to morals, ethics or willpower should remember the old saying a standing cock has no conscience and leave the bullshit to the politicians.

“Sally and I got ratassed last night; she was gagging for it, but I didn’t do anything.”
“Drunk chivalry?”
“Nah, brewer’s droop.”

by AKACroatalin December 14, 2015

ACT

ACT is an acronym standing for Action Counters Terror. It is believed that it originated either with the military or the emergency services, where personnel are trained to overcome fear and inertia by taking action until this becomes an automatic response. ACT demonstrates that people are capable of really remarkable deeds and that obstacles and difficulties can be beaten when they are confronted. ACT shows that fears and self-doubt can be reduced or eliminated and that forward-looking action can overcome habit and inertia to produce something new and start the process of change.

Don’t procrastinate, ACT!

by AKACroatalin September 6, 2016

Mogging

Slang from Norfolk (the county in England not the city in Virginia) and it means to trudge laboriously over snow. See also trampoosing.

I’m mogging over to Joe’s, he’s been freeze distilling his apple wine.

by AKACroatalin January 8, 2017

STRAC

US Army slang commonly used during the Vietnam War; it probably originated during World War II and stands for STRictly ACcording (to regulations). It was an epithet applied to officers and NCOs who 'go by the book' and seem totally unable to think for themselves. It describes the military equivalent of a Jobsworth, frequently linked with REMF.

"That STRAC REMF insists on a formal parade before we go out into the boonies to hunt Charlie."

by AKACroatalin November 6, 2016

Gone to rat shit

This expression was in common use in the British Royal Navy, certainly in the eighteenth century, but is probably even earlier than this. As these ships were built of wood and powered by sail, emphasis was given to fire power and hull design and as a result crew accommodation and food storage were extremely primitive. This meant that foodstuffs were subject to attack and contamination by the numerous rats living on them. When this happened, the food or other stores, such as sails or ropes that had been destroyed by rats or so contaminated by them as to be totally unusable, would be described as having 'gone to rat shit'.
The expression became more widespread due to its use within the Royal Dockyards and still later within civilian establishments. Its meaning also began to change and expand so that it came to mean anything that had become broken, damaged or useless for any reason not just rat attack. It also began to be applied to people where it meant someone who had changed from being pleasant and personable to unpleasant and disagreeable. It is also applied to someone whose health is failing, affecting their appearance.

Some Americans believe that since Donald Trump’s election everything has gone to rat shit.

by AKACroatalin February 24, 2017

TPO

TPO is an acronym standing for Thoroughly Pissed Off; this means that you are about as far from happy as it is possible to get and the world and his brother can fuck right off and die.

I've just spent the morning fixing another fuck up by that fuckwit Malcolm and I am TPO.

by AKACroatalin February 3, 2021