NukAlert: A small, portable radiation detector which should come with the proviso "If you hear this thing go off, you are already dead..."
Proviso:
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NukAlert: A small, portable radiation detector which should come with the proviso "If you hear this thing go off, you are already dead..."
Proviso:
Proviso: "Anyone carrying NukAlert on his key chain is a prepper 'tard who own more weapons than many a small nation's military and plans to barter his daughters for provisions when the Apocalypse comes. You have been warned."
Sunday:
Sunday: The seventh day of the week, notable for being the day on which God rested after creating the universe; this suggests that either He is not omnipotent, or else that he is bound by the EU Working Time Directive.
Red tape:
Red tape: Cousin to the Devil, Red Tape is always getting the blame for nothing being accomplished, when the real problem is that people refuse to use common sense or work for what they want. The Devil is also blamed for a lot of things with which He had nothing to do at all. People are evil! They don't require help to be worse.
The Prince of Darkness:
The Prince of Darkness: Someone who is so good at a thing, he strikes fear in all other practitioners, so that with fear and trembling they refer to him as such. Also, the Devil, my favorite character in the Bible and in Milton's Paradise Lost. When he uttered the immortal words "Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven," he became my hero.
Rebel:
Rebel: someone who thinks he/she´s going to change the world, but in fact is insatisfied with his/her own navel.
And while we are at it:
Revolution:
Revolution: "The wheels on the bus go round and round..." ;-) Also a planet revolving on its axis. Also a world changing song by the Beatles. Also Thomas Jefferson said a little revolution every now and then is a good thing. Periodically, a system or government or other authority becomes so corrupt or otherwise intolerable that revolution becomes necessary, as America's forefathers indicated with their actions.
Purple Haze:
Revolution: "The wheels on the bus go round and round..." ;-) Also a planet revolving on its axis. Also a world changing song by the Beatles. Also Thomas Jefferson said a little revolution every now and then is a good thing. Periodically, a system or government or other authority becomes so corrupt or otherwise intolerable that revolution becomes necessary, as America's forefathers indicated with their actions.
Purple Haze:
Purple Haze: What your brain looks like after a girl puts her spell on you.
Navel:
Navel: The scar wot is left over after the doctor goes snip and cuts the umbilical cord. Also a type of orange which disturbingly has a partially developed fruit inside like a conjoined twin, and yet we eat them. I certainly have. Navel has also traditionally been said to be what you stare at during moments of boredom or awkwardness. And I'm rather fond of my navel, Danik, and yet am still a rebel at heart. I understand your point but think there's more to being a rebel than dissatisfaction with oneself.
Cheese grater:
Cheese grater: Very much like a manure spreader, it scatters little bits of cheese all over everywhere, making some of the most profound comments and dearest held beliefs sound a bit cheesy. This is why so many politicians use one at all times, as any perusal of the "fact checker" site will show--thus making the US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, The Bible, and other truths we hold dear sound like whatever brand of cheese the politician is selling.
Belief:
Belief: A self-confirming theory. Leads to error, delusion, and is inimical to self-awareness. Can make a person anything from annoying to pigheaded to downright dangerous. People locked into a belief whose righteousness they are convinced of have left a trail of ruin and blood throughout history.
Really stinky cheese, of the kind that, for some reason, a lot of women seem to like:
Stinky Cheese: An expensive cheese requiring an educated palate in order to prevent the nose from objecting when the cheese is raised just below it and inserted into the mouth.
Ruin:
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Deleted, tailor, old man? No response to YesNo's thingy? Oh well, I shall respond to Deleted, then. Deleted: A thing which may or may not previously have existed, but whose absence now leaves only the testimony of some.
Moneybags:
Moneybags: Wallets for the 1%
The 1%:
The 1%: Ostensibly, a deliberate elite, manufactured through nefarious means, those who illicitly obtain virtually all wealth, have all political power, which they use to keep the remaining <does math quickly on fingers> 99% down. This narrative tends to inspire people to stand outside near Wall Street for years at a time, texting with one hand while sipping lattes with the other, all while protesting the injustice of it all.
Dupe:
Dupe: Someone who doesn’t currently know that he's clueless.
Wall Street:
Wall Street: Famous financial center of New York and America, and in some larger sense the world. The name is derived from the Dutch "de Waal Straat" from when New York was called New Amsterdam under those goofy Dutchies with their multiple consecutive vowels. Mind you, I 'ad me a right old time in Amsterdam when I was there--and no I didn't inhale. I put that stuff away years ago. I did, however, ride a boat round the canals.
Inhale:
Inhale: What Bill Clinton supposedly didn’t do, but if you think about it, it is kind of hard to exhale without inhaling first.
Pigheaded:
Pigheaded: Either a) resembling a pig in the cranial department, or b) stubborn as a mule. Note the abundance of farm animal imagery.
Horse sense:
Horse sense: A power used by Spider-man's slightly less successful cousin, Horse-man. While Spidey spends his days swinging around New York, Horsey (or 'Dobbin' as he is affectionately known) befouls the pavements of Doncaster. His horse-sense grants him the ability to smell hay from up to five feet away, and to role energetically on his back when he thinks no one is watching. He also has a tendency to kick anyone who stands directly behind him, meaning that his crime-fighting escapades only really work if he can reverse into criminals.
Bakewell pudding:
Lokasenna, that was the best, most clever, inventive one we've had yet. It is the sort of thing I joined this site to enjoy. Now confess that you are, in fact, Dobbin. That's right, take off the horse suit, pull that felt and chicken wire horse head right off and show us your beaming face. There's a good lad, and here's a Bakewell pudding to reward you.
Bakewell pudding: An English dessert consisting of a flaky pastry base with a layer of sieved jam (whatever that is, I'm getting this from Wikipedia) and topped with a filling made of egg and almond jam. Forgive me if I clutch my stomach and control an urge to heave. Ick. You English and your weird foods. Do you have Bakewell pudding after pea-prosciutto sandwiches? Or anchovy-lemon butter? Heave, I tell you. Spew!
Biscuit, being a far more simple, logical choice for a snack accompanying tea
Biscuit: An euphemistic word for more intimate body parts, used e.g. in phrases such as 'You caught me with my hands in the biscuit tin'. The American biscuit is soft and flaky, but the British or European variety is hard and brittle.
Scone:
Scone: Better than any biscuit I've ever 'ad. Least the one I 'ad in 'arrods, accompanied by some seriously good tea, in their cafe. I've never been to Harrods, and the enjoyable experience was topped off by said scone, with real clotted cream, I might add. There used to be a place in the West Village in NYC that was run by Brits and intended to be similar, and you could get scones and clotted cream there, and steak and kidney pie, etc. Forgot about that place. Probably been turned into a Korean nail salon. Everything else has.
Bone China--and if you avail yourself of the opportunity to be naughty and punny with the word bone, you win a fruit basket.
Bone China: Extremely expensive, bone china is known for its high levels of whiteness and translucency, and very high mechanical strength and chip resistance. It's pretty, it can last for a long time, but trust me when you pay for this stuff you will definitely feel shafted!
Translucent:
Translucent: Allowing light to pass through without being quite transparent. Often associated with beauty like the petals of a flower when the sun shines through, or the leaves of a tree on a summer's day, or the skin of one of those fish where you can see the internal organs. Note: This last reference may not have been beautiful so much as ICK.
Small hands, since two Presidential candidates just--yes, we're all still on planet earth--talked about the ostensible relation of hand size to, uh, well...think appendage and then fill in the blanks.
Small hands: Reach deficiency, made up for by the size of the mouth and the depth of the BS
Deficiency:
Deficiency: A quality excelled in by all Presidential candidates this year. Can also relate to a lack of vitamins in one's diet, but most physicians agree it's now mainly about the Presidential candidates.
Wankers:
Wankers: Those presidential candidates I don’t plan to vote for.
Man up:
Man up: What soon happens when "Man down!" isn't as serious as it first appeared.
Schedule
Schedule: What I don't keep to, wherever possible.
YesNo, was that "Man up" directed at me?
Daylight Bloody Saving Time:
Not at all. I heard the phrase in a movie a couple of days ago and felt I had to get professional help in finding out what it meant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyrion Cheddar
Daylight Bloody Saving Time: A futile vampire attempt to make the Sun come up at the same time each day.
Untermenschen (I read this on the Yugoslavia thread)
Untermenschen: Another name for Julian May's Firvulags.
Futile
Futile: An exercise in insanity, defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result
in flagrante delicto (as a legal term):
In flagrante dilecto: You come home from work and start loosening your tie as, with the other hand, you turn the key in the lock of the front door. You look up as you walk in and there she is. Wifey. Only...it's not the wifey you know. Not the one who kisses you when you sit down at the breakfast table and packs the kids' lunches. Nor indeed the one who wore white for you on that day long ago. No, this...this is an entirely different wifey.
This is a wifey who, despite what she insists when you ask her to get on top, appears to have two of the strongest knees of any woman in her age group. Just ask the first man. Or is he the third man? Likewise, this wifey exceeds Olympic gymnast standards in terms of flexibility, as witness the arch in her back as she cranes to reach...we'll call him the second man. As to the third man, let's just say your right hand suddenly feels outclassed.
It is when you walk in on this scene that you learn the mean of in flagrante dilecto.
Harlot:
Harlot: The woman in the above scenario along with the three guys. Since harlot means "one who is a sexual deviant," why should only the woman be blamed? She is hardly a harlot by herself, right? Someone else has to be involved...
Deviant:
Deviant: Anyone whose nature, emotions or desires are not in line with whatever sort of nature, emotions and desires society deems to be healthy and appropriate at a given moment.
Shifting sands:
Shifting sands: According to Scripture, where the foolish man builds his house. Describes the Republican party at the moment, their platform built on shifting sands and fantasy, a mirror image of the shadow of a mirage...
Mirror Image:
Mirror Image: What the Evil Queen of Snow White fame looked into every day, demanding it declare her the fairest of them all, even though she was sagging a bit around the middle and had skin an iguana would be envious of. Also, the basis of possibly the best episode of the original Star Trek, called Mirror, Mirror.
Hokum, since ya dun mentioned politics and all.