QuacksO's definitions

live off the land

Formerly referring to there being an adequately-abundant supply of wild food and clean water in a certain area that a human could survive there for extended periods, it nowadays is often a "grim grinds" reference to how wasteful the population in a given area is as a whole, and that a good scrounger could literally find enough edibles and other basic essentials in the neighborhood's dumpsters and waste-piles to sustain himself quite comfortably.

Visiting dude, accompanying his buddy to help scavenge for discarded returnables in a shopping-mall complex: Zheesh, Dude --- look at all these still-perfectly-edible half-eaten sandwiches and pizza-slices just tossed out in da trash-bins! There's enough here to feed an army!
Local dude who's showing his friend around: Ooooh, yeah --- fer sher, Pal! We are a VERY wasteful society --- feller could live off the land around here, 'specially in da summertime when all da tourists are flocking though!

by QuacksO October 5, 2018

harrowism

Performing a crisis-averting deed wif a tractor-towed earth-tilling machine.

A number of brave farmers have been known for their acts of "harrowism" to stop field-fires --- i.e., they clawed up da soil at da edge of da fire to prevent da flames from burning da dry crops any further.

by QuacksO July 19, 2023

pisston

An engine-component dat really aggravates you.

Whether ya spell it "pisston" or "pissedon", trying to get DAT part of your motor to operate properly during a rebuild can indeed make you so frustrated dat you actually pee your pants!

by QuacksO October 28, 2023

alligrater

A large scaly reptile that uses its rough-textured back to shred cheese, garlic, and other culinary ingredients that need to be finely chopped.

Flipping over on your back and writhing around on top of large quantites of recipe-ingredients to pulverize them may not sound like your idea of fun, but it's merely "all in a day's work" for an alligrater.

by QuacksO June 11, 2019

Nexcessive

Too great a degree of web-hosting for a particular business, purpose, event, etc.

I only have a few online customers, and thus my business's workload is easily handleable by just one person --- hiring a big company to do said management for me would be Nexcessive.

by QuacksO April 16, 2025

MeekFly

Refers to how George was before Marty helped him to stand up for himself better.

"The Jitz" heatedly addressed da 2015 Marty as "MeekFly" after he'd incriminated himself by illegally scanning his employee-card, but fortunately da 1985 Marty was able to change his future to both eliminate being addressed thus, and cause da "You're fired!" fax to go blank.

by QuacksO April 22, 2025

hisstory

Refers to the detailed "set of lies agreed upon" timeline of the slithery/scaly/legless sector of the world's reptilian population.

Bill Haast holds a Guinness world record as the only human in hisstory to survive a staggering number of venomous-snake bites (well over 170!). Plus he lived to be 100... go figger. Maybe snake venom can actually prolong life when administered under the properly-controlled conditions, just like bee stings can cure certain illnesses that "standard" medicine can't treat effectively.

by QuacksO September 28, 2018