al-in-chgo's definitions

hissy fit

A sudden but violent outburst of a person shouting, screaming recriminations and (possibly) wailing, generally short-lived but shocking.

"Hissy fit" used to describe an adult tantrum but now has become an equal opportunity description, young or old, male or female. What they all have in common is no matter how severe the (alleged) offense, there is always some wounded pride involved, and usually an audience of bystanders along with the culprit who allegedly triggered the hissy.

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-- "When I told Sarah she couldn't have the doll, she broke down and pitched a major hissy fit. Right there in the toy department at Target!"

--"So when Joe got fired, all he did was throw a hissy fit out in the hall? Terrible. REAL men used to slug each other."

--"She freaked! She had a hissy! She thinks you're the cat's meow." 'Farmer Ted' (Anthony Michael Hall) in movie SIXTEEN CANDLES (1984), describing the Molly Ringwald character's sudden infatuation with a boy two years her senior.

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by al-in-chgo February 25, 2010

The Valley

Abandoned prison restroom with long trough-style urinal off a low-traffic area, as described in John Cheever's 1977 novel FALCONER. To quote the author, this is where the inmates went after dinner "to fuck themselves." Themselves but not each other -- there were unwritten rules. Looking at other penises was okay, but not into another man's eyes. Touching another man was not allowed, except for the shoulder. A grim place, not gay by any definition, and certainly not the fantasy one-for-all tearoom scenes depicted in gay porn videos.

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Since The Valley in Cheever's award-winning novel Falconer was located on an upper floor, the origin of its name was obscure. Perhaps the name was coined to reference the trench- or trough-shaped nature of the elderly urinal itself.

-- "Where's Harry?"

-- "He went to The Valley after dinner."

-- 'When do you think he'll be back in our wing?"

-- "As late as possible, if I know Harry."

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by al-in-chgo February 25, 2010

detumecence

Common misspelling of "detumescence."

See "detumescence."

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"There's a typo in your script. You wrote "detumecence" when it should have been "detumescence."

"Oh, no one will catch that."

"Just you wait and see."

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by al-in-chgo March 20, 2010

coonass

1) What East Texans call a Cajun.

2) What East Texans call an East Texas Cajun, as opposed to a Louisiana Cajun.

3) Any Cajun, though increasingly term is considered derogatory.

-- Did you know that Cajuns in East Texas are called "coonasses"?

-- "Who says?"

-- "My cousin Bubba, from Beaumont."

by al-in-chgo June 15, 2013

goof off

1. To slack off or waste time with the implication that the time is better spent at something to hand (like one's job);

2. Semi-euphemism for "masturbate."

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-After school, Sam was downtown as usual, the typical small-town Drugstore Cowboy, goofing off.

-In the movie THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (1971), the coach's remark to the basketball team, "If y'all boys didn't jack off so much, you might amount to something," was replaced by "If y'all boys didn't goof off so much, you might amount to something," for the TV release.

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by al-in-chgo August 18, 2010

bread and butter

A type of superstition, a chant that is uttered when something physically gets in the way of a couple, such as a pole or another person on the street. Origin: USA, early 1920's. Alternative: "Salt and Pepper."

"Oh, we've got to let that bicyclist through."

(They drop hands to let the bicyclist pass in between.)
"Bread and butter." -- "Bread and butter."

by al-in-chgo March 21, 2019

underhung

Lacking in penis length, not well-hung, deficient. In a recent and highly un-scientific survey, seven out of ten adult American males would rather be called "harmless" than "underhung."

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"'Harmless' -- well, that could be someone who is well-behaved around women, but 'underhung' -- you've been typed for good!"

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by al-in-chgo March 2, 2010