Category: definitions

Comes off if you cry, shower, or swim, but will not come off if you
try to remove it.

Tiny. Snow White might fit, but five of the dwarfs would have
to find their own place. See “Cute,” “Enchanting,” and “Good Starter Home.”

To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. Derived from FROBNITZ.
Usually abbreviated to FROB. Thus one has the saying “to frob a
frob”. See TWEAK and TWIDDLE. Usage: FROB, TWIDDLE, and TWEAK
sometimes connote points along a continuum. FROB connotes aimless
manipulation; TWIDDLE connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse
search for a proper setting; TWEAK connotes fine-tuning. If someone is
turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he’s carefully adjusting it
he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the
screen he is probably twiddling it; but if he’s just doing it because
turning a knob is fun, he’s frobbing it.

ADULT: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the middle. BEAUTY PARLOUR: A place where women curl up and dye. CANNIBAL: Someone who is fed up with people.

These translations are for all of you wonderful women out there, so that you will know what we really mean when we say…”WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?”Translated:* “What did you catch me at?””I’M NOT LOST. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.”Translated:* “No one will ever see us alive again.””WE SHARE THE HOUSEWORK.”Translated:* “I make the messes; she cleans them up.”

Hemorrhage

An amount of blood loss which threatens the viability
of the patient, and the composure of the attending physician.

Arbitrator ar’-bi-tray-ter: A cook that leaves Arby’s to work at McDonald’s.Avoidable uh-voy’-duh-buhl: What a bullfighter tries to do.Baloney buh-lo’-nee: Where some hemlines fall.

A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion.

Dictionary of Evaluation Comments Some of you might like to know what the supervisor is really saying in all those glowing employee work performance evaluations s/he keeps cranking out. HARD WORKER: Usually does it the hard way. ENJOYS JOB: Needs more to do. HAPPY: Paid too much.

Log On: Makin’ the wood stove hotter.Log Off: Don’t add no wood.Monitor: Keepin’ an eye on the wood stove.

Someone you hire to clean out the icebox.

These translations are for all of you wonderful women out there, so that you will know what we really mean when we say…”THAT’S INTERESTING, DEAR.”Translated:* “Are you still talking?””YOU KNOW HOW BAD MY MEMORY IS.”Translated:* “I remember the theme song to ‘F Troop,’ the address of the first girl I ever kissed and the vehicle identification numbers of every car I’ve ever owned… but I forgot your birthday.”