Here are neat words I looked up and some alternant definitions for them.
Be sure and read the proper definition first.
applejack |ˈapəlˌjak|
noun
an alcoholic drink distilled from fermented cider.
ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from apple + jack 1 .
I always thought if you have a bowl of apple jacks and one falls on the floor one of these would be an apple jack ,would it not?
ass bandit
noun vulgar slang (also ass burglar)
1 a male homosexual sodomite or pederast.
2 an eager seducer of young women.
or a man who robs donkeys, also a killer name for a punk band." Come see Ass bandit at the Stone Pony tonight."
balls-up
noun Brit., vulgar slang
a bungled or badly carried out task or action; a mess.
or what a doctor says before he inspects your taint.
clean and jerk
noun [in sing. ]
a two-movement weightlifting exercise in which a weight is raised above the head following an initial lift to shoulder level.
or sound personal hygiene advice before performing masturbation.
cloud hopping
noun
the flying of an aircraft from cloud to cloud, typically for concealment.
or an hallucination activity when tripping on LSD
dickhead |ˈdikˌhed|
noun vulgar slang
a stupid, irritating, or ridiculous person, particularly a man.
ORIGIN 1960s: from dick 1 + head .
I like this one, it's the truth you never call a women a dick head, I'm gonna to try one day.
deerstalker |ˈdi(É™)rËŒstôkÉ™r|
noun
1 a soft cloth cap, originally worn for hunting, with bills in front and behind, and ear flaps that can be tied together over the top.
deerstalker 1
2 a person who stalks deer.
Or a person that is obsessed with a particular deer and wants desperately to date her
I liked the picture in this one, what a freak.
It wouldn't of had the same appeal if the movie The Deer Hunter was titled The Deer Stalker , wouldn't you agree.
donnybrook |ˈdänēˌbroÅ�k|
noun
a scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument : raucous ideological donnybrooks.
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the name of a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, formerly famous for its annual fair.
This word sounds nothing like it's definition. To me it sounds like a new Donny Osmond CD, Donny by the donnybrook. Now for 9.99 at Wall-Mart.
egghead |ˈegˌhed|
noun informal often derogatory
a person who is highly academic or studious; an intellectual.
DERIVATIVES
eggheaded adjective
ORIGIN by analogy with a bald head.
This is a neat one. "Everyone at Open Salon are such eggheads" ha ha. The next time someone calls you an egghead say "Why thank you."
fruit machine
nounBritish term for slot machine
I can't beleieve everytime I lost money in Atlantic City I was loosing it in a fruit machine.
" Hey lets go play the fruit machines tonight Don."
"Are you fucking Nuts!"
factoid |ˈfakˌtoid|
noun
a brief or trivial item of news or information.
• an assumption or speculation that is reported and repeated so often that it becomes accepted as fact
This should be the middle word in the Fox news name.
FOX FACTOID NEWS.
fuckhead |ˈfəkˌhed|
noun vulgar slanga stupid or contemptible person (often used as a general term of abuse).
Or some one who likes to get banged in the ear hole.
glory-of-the-snow
noun
another term for chionodoxa
This sounds like a neat Novel.
haboob |həˈboÅ�b|
noun
a violent and oppressive wind blowing in summer, esp. in Sudan, bringing sand from the desert.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Arabic habÅ«b ‘blowing furiously.’
"Habeeb was blown away by a haboob last night".
Sorry I had to do it no offense
hot box (also hotbox)
noun Railroadan overheated axle box or journal box.
Or a really hot vagina.
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gambado 1 |gamˈbÄ�dÅ�; -ˈbä-| (also gambade |-ˈbÄ�d; -ˈbäd|)
noun ( pl. -dos or -does)
a leap or bound, esp. an exaggerated one.
ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Spanish gambada, from gamba ‘leg.’
Saying Superman was able to gambado tall buldings in a single bound wouldn't of worked for me.
Islands of the Blessed
(in classical mythology) a land, typically located near the place where the sun sets, to which the souls of the good were taken to enjoy a life of eternal bliss.
Manhattan was defiantly not the inspiration for this definition .
knees-up
noun [in sing. ] Brit., informal
a lively party or gathering : we had a bit of a knees-up last night.
or something you do when practicing the Can-Can
lady-in-waiting
noun ( pl. ladies-in-waiting )
a woman who attends a queen or princess.
Or a hooker waiting in a van while your using the ATM
man-day
noun
a day regarded in terms of the amount of work that can be done by one person within this period.
Or a new gay holiday.
no-see-um |nÅ� ˈsÄ“ ˌəm|
noun
a minute bloodsucking insect, esp. a biting midge.
Or how a 2 year old answers the question Did you see them.
"Did you see them Michael ?" "no- see- um"
pub crawl informal chiefly Brit.
noun
a tour taking in several pubs or bars, with one or more drinks at each.
verb [ intrans. ] ( pub-crawl)
go on a pub crawl.
or what you do when you drink to much at a pub.
You do a pub crawl to the nearest toilet.
Q fever
nounan infectious fever caused by rickettsiae and transmitted to humans from cattle, sheep, and goats by unpasteurized milk.
ORIGIN 1930s: from Q for query + fever .
and the newest Hip Hop sensation being promoted by Disney.
rear admiral
nounan officer in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard ranking above commodore and below vice admiral.
or someone who intensely admires the human buttocks
snow job
noun informala deception or concealment of one's real motive in an attempt to flatter or persuade : we need to do a snow job on him.
or a blow job in the snow
" She gave me a snow job last night and now my testicles have frost bite."
tall poppy syndrome
noun informal chiefly Austral.
a perceived tendency to discredit or disparage those who have achieved notable wealth or prominence in public life.
or one who's constantly hallucinating and believes themselves to be a playing card in the movie Alice in Wonerdland.
wage slave
noun informal
a person wholly dependent on income from employment, typically employment of an arduous or menial nature.
DERIVATIVES
wage slavery noun
hey wait a minute THAT"S ME GOD DAMMIT !!
wallyball |ˈwôlēˈbôl; ˈwä-|
noun
a game played on a four-walled court with rules similar to volleyball, and with a ball the same size as but harder than a volleyball. The ball is allowed to bounce once against the ceiling or one of the walls before being returned over the net.
This sounds like a game that would be played by professional lunatics.
water mass
noun
a large body of seawater that is distinguishable esp. by its characteristic temperature and salinity range.
Or when a priest gives mass on a house boat.
yabber |ˈyabər|
verb [ intrans. ] informal
chatter.
ORIGIN probably from Wuywurung (an Aboriginal language).
Or the future network in which CNN, MSMBC and Fox, are a part of ."Watch Yabber news tonight."
zooid |ˈzÅ�ˌoid|
noun Zoology
an animal arising from another by budding or division, esp. each of the individuals that make up a colonial organism and typically have different forms and functions.
DERIVATIVES
zooidal |ËŒzÅ�ˈoidl| adjective
ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from zoo- [relating to animals] + -oid .
Or a member of an Alien street gang who control the drug routes into the a Andromada Galaxy.
" Don't mess with the Zooids they'll fuck you up man"
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As always, a fun read!