fup duck's definitions

Barnacle

an unsightly tabernacle lacking architectural appeal, and in fact just as suitable to house pigs and horses as religious zealots

We said our vows and he kissed me in the barnacle.

by fup duck July 22, 2011

Nostralgia

the recollection (often fondly) of a scent from the past

Having finished college in Hawaii and upon returning home to Gary Indiana, Lisa immediately felt a strong sense of nostralgia amid the smeltered air of her youth

by fup duck May 28, 2016

DBH

diameter at breast height

she was halfway up a palm tree of 20" DBH when it occurred to the onlooking congressman that her public straddling was not at all lady-like

by fup duck July 3, 2011

hens tooth

analogous term from evolutionary biology meaning something that is extremely rare or obsolete

the odds of finding a hens tooth were better than the chances of locating the snowmobile keys lost somewhere in Cindy's overalls

by fup duck July 3, 2011

receptackle

joyous greeting at an airport etc... resulting in majority of participants and innocent bystanders being heavily fondled and knocked to the ground

Amy's warm receptackle at RFK was just what we needed after the long standoff between President Carter and the hijackers.

by fup duck July 3, 2011

aridism

Prejudice or discrimination directed against native ecosystems that have evolved and adapted to arid climates, based upon the belief that they are devoid of life, unattractive and expendable.

In a proclamation of naive aridism, Arnold Schwarzenegger said "where most see a wasteland, I see opportunity" (for energy development)

by fup duck March 11, 2023

topsnatcher

a botanist who, in attempting to collect a plant specimen for an herbarium voucher, fails to uproot the entire specimen, and instead collects only the top portion of the plant, which lacks the often diagnostic root system.

Tasha was a fine botanist, but also a real topsnatcher

by fup duck July 1, 2011