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A bar, restaurant, or other place of public accommodation providing a fertile environment for negotiating spontaneous sexual liaisons. a portmanteau of groin + cornucopia, a horn of plenty
Ask any business traveler who regularly visits Chicago where you can go to find a little noncommital romance and they'll point you to Carr's Cavern, generally regarded as the Midwest's premier groinucopia.
A contraction of "humorous punk rock," a musical genre comprising punk rock works intended as parodies of the actual punk oeuvre, which originated with Paloma Music's 1978 release of the vinyl 45 recording "Picked Off the Litter" by John Vomit and the Leather Scabs, a band formed by members of the Stanford Chaparral campus humor magazine, featuring the songs "Punk Rock Star" and "I Suck."
Unbelievable, I just scored a mint-condition copy of the original Hunk Rock record, "Picked Off the Litter," on eBay for only a thousand bucks!
A principle invoked when urging someone to persevere despite initial failure, which fully stated is: "You don't need me to remind you, when things don't go well the first time, try again." So named because it is drawn from two familiar premises: (a) persevering is like riding a bike, you never forget how, and (b) when you fall off a horse, you get right back on and give it another go.
My nephew just failed the bar a second time and was ready to hang it up, but I reminded him of the Bike/Horse Rule and told him to sign up for the thing again, he'll get it.
A Japanese omakase (tasting) menu that is so expensive that the diner runs out of money paying for it -- "no more cash!"
Hurt me, I took the client out to his favorite Japanese place in Manhattan and he insisted on the $600 per person tasting menu -- a classic nomokashe event.
Also known as the Aargh Quotient, the Tool-Problem Ratio (âTPRâ) is a DIY term expressing the relationship between a physical problem to be fixed and the tool available for the task. A 1:1 ratio reflects that the tool is perfect for the job -- e.g., when a nail clipper is available to trim a toenail, the TPR is 1:1. Ratios of greater than 1:1 indicate that the tool available is excessive relative to the job: a chainsaw generates a ratio of, say, 200:1 for toenail trimming. Ratios of less than 1:1 indicate that the tool at hand is inadequate for the task: a toenail clipper produces a ratio of, say, 1:1000 for cutting down a Christmas tree. Depending on the TPR, responsive behaviors may range from mild (swearing, sighing disgustedly), to driving to the hardware store, to breaking the workpiece or the tool violently.
Faced with a Tool-Problem Ratio ("TPR") of about 1:10 when his flat-blade screwdriver was too big to loosen the Phillips-head screw on his range vent, Bob intoned âJesus H. Christâ under his breath and motored off to Home Depot.
The firing or disqualification of an unethical lawyer by a client or a court of law.
âMy cousin found out the lawyer he hired for his car accident already had a handshake deal with the other driverâs insurer to settle his claim for $50k, and then suggested that they do a contingent fee that would pay him 40%. We got him an emergency shysterectomy, and the new guy charged him only $500 to document the settlement.â
A tongue-in-cheek name for rust removal duty (ferrous oxide being the precursor to rust on steel objects), especially on Navy ships, playing on the vivid contrast between the tedious and highly unpleasant nature of the duty, involving the use of wire brushes and toxic chemicals often under a blazing sun, compared to the delightful, carefree leisure tableau depicted by the three teen protagonists of the 1986 Matthew Broderick film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
Chief Petty Officer: It's your lucky day, sailor -- two weeks of Ferrous Oxide's Day Off starting at eight bells.
Sailor: Aye-aye, Chief.
Chief Petty Officer: And don't ask my daughter out again.