Croatalin's definitions

Pain in the bum

Pain in the bum is a British slang equivalent of pain in the ass. The bum in this case isn't an American bum, but a English bum which is a slightly less vulgar equivalent of arse, or if you are American ass. At one time, certainly during during the seventeenth century the word bum wasn't considered vulgar at all, one Gentleman Soldier, fighting for the King during the English Civil War, recorded how on one occasion the going was so difficult that he "slipped and fell on my bum".

Malcolm is a total pain in the bum!
My, aren't you polite.

by Croatalin January 16, 2014

evaced

US Army slang from the Vietnam War. A contraction of evacuated, it means to be removed from a combat zone, by helicopter, to an aid station or hospital and, if the injury or wound is serious enough, back to the United States.

Joe caught some shrapnel in Charlie's last mortar attack; he's bein' evaced back to the States with a stopover for more surgery in Japan.
Shame, now we'll get another FNG.

by Croatalin November 23, 2013

Sycophancy

Sycophancy is the fawning behaviour of a a servile self-seeking snotrag who attempts to win favour by flattering and pandering to influential people. A person who does this is known as a sycophant or more informally as ass-kisser, crawler, toady, lackey
apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, or truckler

Malcolm has sycophancy down to a fine art

by Croatalin January 10, 2014

Crinting

English slang from the South-West, it means to try to cry in order to evoke sympathy. Usually practised by children under ten in order to try to gain concessions from parents.

But Mum, everyone else is going!
Well you're not, so stop your crinting and live with it.

by Croatalin February 1, 2014

BAB

British acronym standing for Born Again Biker. A person, usually a male in their forties or fifties, who goes through some sort of life crisis and buys themselves a huge, expensive motorcycle together with loads of expensive gear and takes to the road in an attempt to capture their lost youth. This is invariably unsuccessful and many get over it after twelve to eighteen months, some unlucky ones, however, become traffic accident statistics.

Have you heard, Mike's become a BAB and bought himself a huge, fucking Ducati!

by Croatalin December 12, 2013

Pogue

US Army slang, a derogatory name for a non-combat soldier. The term carries with it an implication of unmanliness, homosexuality, even paedophilia, since Hershey bars and other types of candy are known as ‘pogue bait’, illustrating the contempt of the combat soldier for any kind of REMF.
Derived from the Gaelic 'Póg' meaning arse it possibly came to be used originally by American troops of Irish descent but quickly became widespread. In Gaelic one use of the word would be in the phrase ‘Póg mo thóin’ (pronounced pogue mahone) meaning 'kiss my arse'.

That swish REMF from Headquarters is stockin' up on pogue bait again.

That pogue ground pounder wrote me up when he caught me takin' a hit of some Cambodian!

by Croatalin November 22, 2013

Manna for the mindless

Deriving from the tag 'Manna for the mind' used to describe books and literature, 'Manna for the mindless' is a disparaging but accurate description of banal entertainment of any sort, particularly daytime television, long running soaps, stupid game shows, chat shows and so on. It consists of material that is so dumb it doesn't require 'dumbing down' and is no more than prdigested pap which can be understood by people with a below normal IQ. Before the advent of twenty-four seven television manna for the mindless was typified by the Hollywood musical of the 1950s. These consisting entirely of eminently forgettable songs joined together by crappy dialogue and a plot so thin you could shoot peas through it.

"Kim, d'you want to come out for a walk?"
"No, I've got to watch Jeremy Kyle!"
"Manna for the mindless!"

by Croatalin December 3, 2013