QuacksO's definitions

foretunate

What a golfer hopes to be every time he swings his club.

Litigious golfer, after getting whacked with a golf ball: You hit me with your ball --- I'm gonna sue you for three million dollars!
Fellow golfer: Well, I actually yelled, "Fore!", sir.
Litigious golfer, thinking he's gonna be even more "foretunate" than he'd initially expected: Okay, I'll take that amount instead.

by QuacksO May 9, 2022

libyaral

Someone who supports free trade with Middle-Eastern countries, and has unbiased trust towards them.

It might have been wise for Doc Brown to be a trifle less libyaral in his efforts to obtain plutonium for his DeLorean time machine; besides, he was able to invent/obtain a garbage-recycling fusion-machine within a few years, anyway, asd so using this potentially-very-dangerous-in-multiple-ways (i.e., it is a super-hazardous material in and of itself, and getting access to some is a highly-risky business, as well, since the type of folks who would deal in such lethally-toxic materials would themselves likely be trigger-happy towards anyone who crossed them) substance would have been unnecessary within a short time, anyway.

by QuacksO November 24, 2019

whiz-race

The impromptu "time-contest" that you are forced to wage with an approaching vehicle when you step off da sidewalk to pee and there is little concealing "cover"; you therefore have to actively "hurry your bladder" in a desperate effort to "drain yer radiator" quickly enough to "beat da clock" --- i.e., to finish "whizzing" and get your pants zipped back up before the "whizzing" car gets close enough for its occupants to catch sight of you wif yer tallywacker out.

I try to always choose a thickly-vegetated spot in which to take a leak when I'm out walking along country lanes, but occasionally there is such a lengthy stretch of sparse bush-growth that I am unable to "hold it" long enough to eventually reach denser roadside-foliage; I therefore have to "hold a whiz-race" if I hear one or more vehicles approaching in the distance.

by QuacksO November 5, 2018

shutter-shudder

An involuntary muscle-twitching dat a camera-shy person feels from either having to press da release-button to take a photo, or when he hears da click of da camera when a picture is being taken of him.

One simple way to mostly eliminate image-blurring from fairly-minor shutter-shudder is to use a fast exposure-speed (and a flashbulb, too, if it's fairly low-light conditions); you may need to use a suitably large lens and wide aperture-setting to accommodate said swift-click camera-snap.

by QuacksO January 8, 2020

win/win solution

A total bu**s**t course of action agreed upon by two or more parties; supposedly it comes with benefits for all concerned, but in reality the plan generally ends in disaster, often for everyone involved.

A classic case of a win/win solution "gone sour" --- literally --- would be when a commercial farming-outfit approaches a nearby cash-strapped community to ask if they can pay them some much-needed revenue to dump organic waste in an uninhabited area of the municipality... at first blush it may sound like a good deal, but of course what usually happens in reality is that said waste "stinks to high Heaven" so much that the townspeople angrily vote to close the dump-site, forcing the mega-farm to look elsewhere for a dumpsite, and obliging the town to pay astronomical sums to have the already-dumped waste carted off to be disposed of.

by QuacksO November 7, 2018

riggermarole

Da lengthy tedious procedure entailed in preparing ropes, pulleys, cables, etc.

I hear dat da riggermarole entailed in sailing or lumbering is one of da most dangerous jobs dat exists.

by QuacksO February 1, 2020

pickup truck

A utility-type vehicle with a three- or four-walled cargo-bed on the back, and used by guys as a chick-magnet. Extra points if the cab is comfy and the truck is outfitted with fancy trimmings, but even a simple no-frills "dinosaur-age" hack can be enticing to some gals if the driver-dude is willing to help her or others in her family by using his truck to haul stuff for them.

I don't feel overly envious of the other dudes in town with their nice snazzy shiny pickup trucks, cuz those snooty macho guys usually won't haul stuff for people for fear that "they might scratch the paint". The gals I hang out with, though, are more sensible-minded and less aesthetics-oriented, and so they truly appreciate me for being a caring kind-hearted bloke, and for the fact that I always AM willing to transport items for them in my '80's-era pickup. Those are the real --- and best --- kind of lady-friends to have.

by QuacksO November 21, 2017