[sugar daddy] {n.}, {slang}, {semi-vulgar}, {avoidable} An older, [well-to-do] man, who gives money and gifts to a younger woman or girls usually in exchange for sexual favors. * /Betty Morgan […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fence-sitter

[fence-sitter] {n.} A person unable to pick between two sides; a person who does not want to choose. * /Daddy says he is a fence-sitter because he doesn't know which […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

speakeasy

[speakeasy] {n.} A bar during Prohibition where illegal alcoholic beverages were sold. * /Al Capone's associates met in a Chicago speakeasy to drink and discuss business./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

public enemy

[public enemy] {n. phr.} A famous criminal. * /Al Capone of Chicago used to be Public Enemy Number One during prohibition./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Charles F. Kettering

(1876-1958) U.S. inventorindustrialist You can be sincere and still be stupid.

rgr

[rgr] "Roger" aka "affirmative" or "10-4", radio talk; "Roger that", meaning "message acknowledged".

banana oil

[banana oil] {n.}, {slang} Flattery that is an obvious exaggeration; statements that are obviously made with an ulterior […]

over the top

[over the top] {adv. phr.} 1. Out of the trenches and against the enemy. * /The plan was to spend the night in the trenches […]

Chinese proverb

Beat your child once a day. If you don't know why, the child does.

to foul one's own nest

[to foul one's own nest] {v. phr.} To compromise unintentionally one's own interests by sharing private information […]

slap-head

[slap-head] {n.} {adj.} A bald man.

Generica

[Generica] Fast food joints, strip malls, sub-divisions as in "we were so lost in generica that I couldn't remember what city […]