3 definitions by Phydeaux2000
On episode 800 of the Savage Lovecast at 16:10 there's a good ol' boy talking about missing his sweet lady Barb, and about how he missed "Crankin' the Hog on them Big Block Chevys" (BBCs) with her as a euphemism for having sex. I absolutely fell out hearing this. The best term for having sex I've heard in a very long time!! Sorry about Barb dude. She sounds like she was a keeper!
by Phydeaux2000 February 23, 2022
It is a concept from the UK not particularly shared by the US. It's basically sly and artful disrespect. Oscar Wilde, John Lennon, Jarvis Cocker , Noel Fielding, and Morrissey all come to mind with respect to being "cheeky". Having lived in England, I recognize this as a particularly British cultural phenomenon. There are always those in pop culture in the UK who aspire to be seen as quick-witted and cheeky. It's their way of "sticking it to the man" with a nudge and a wink. Being an American, I really don't see anything in the US that has quite the same tone. Sure there are plenty of smart humorists in the US, but they don't traffic in "cheek" quite like the Brits do. I think American humorists are more direct somehow. Cheek is done with a sly look in the eye because you know you're trying to get one over on the man, and the smile says that you know, and they (the man) know too, but you're allowed to get away with it anyway. It's very subtle. I'm guessing it has something to do with the more entrenched class system in the UK vs the US. Most Americans feel as if they are on par with the best of them (at least in their own minds), and don't humble themselves very readily in the presence of people from higher classes. They don't feel the need to be subtle in their scorn of "their betters" as they say. I think there was (and maybe still is) more at stake when you trash-talked up the chain in the UK. Just a guess.
When the Beatles were performing for the royals and John Lennon said... “For our last number I’d like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.” A perfect example of being cheeky. Poking at power with humor.
by Phydeaux2000 October 3, 2017
Fake-opulence.
When someone wants to have a showy house or apartment or car or whatever, and can't afford to buy high quality items to fill it with, so they get cheap chintzy items and pass them off as the real deal. A home full of sculptures that when you pick them up they're all hollow plastic is a good example. A painting that looks like it is an original, that when you look closely at it you see it is just printed and not actually painted...that is fopulent. Pleather is the essence of fopulence.
by Phydeaux2000 February 8, 2021