Sober Crow

1. the friend who is not just a designated driver but who goes above and beyond to look out for their drunk friends.

a friend or acquaintance who is thoughtful enough to take your shoes off and prop you on your side before you pass out, and then continue to look out for you afterwards.

derivation: the opposite of Drinky Crow, the irresponsible alcoholic crow from the comic strip Maakies.

Collective Noun: Flock of Sober Crows
2. a situation where there are more drunk-sitting sober crows than there are insensibly drunk people.

3. a support network

thanks to my flock of sober crows I got home safe and sound last night after the toga party

Rat Captain

The last rat to leave a sinking ship is the Rat Captain.

1. an employee of a failing businesses, who has no real authority but still insists on sticking it out for as long as possible, despite that everyone at their level or below is quitting.

2. middle management of a failing business who is helping all of their subordinates to get good severance packages before they leave themselves.

"you gotta bail on that job already you Rat Captain, they aren't going to promote you when they're in liquidation"

The Fruit Canyon

The Uncanny Valley, but for gender/sexuality, it is between the peaks of easily categorized masculine and feminine gender presentation.

Often applied in reference to voices, when you hear somebody talk and you have no idea what this person's gender is, but you do know they're queer.

When you call up a leftist org, and the person who answers is somewhere in the depths of the fruit canyon, that's how you know they're legit.