lumpus

lumpus

(ˈləmpəs)
n. a stupid oaf. Is this lumpus giving you any trouble, ma’am?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • fettie
  • bluh
  • bousta
  • Hey!
  • lucci
  • late
  • bout it
  • horseradish
  • base
  • case of the shorts
References in periodicals archive
In Norway, wild lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758 seems to serve as an infection reservoir for Caligus elongatus von Nordmann, 1832 before it eventually infects farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 (Heuch et al.
The lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) is a commercial fish and the most studied member of this family (Goulet et al., 1986; Goulet and Green, 1988).
Un arall o'r rhyfeddodau welais i oedd yr iar for neu'r pysgodyn clytsiwr (Cyclopterus lumpus; Lumpsuckers).
Der Fischname merivarblane 'Seehase' (Cyclopterus lumpus) stammt aus dem Russischen (vgl.
Ladbrokes offer 8-1 for the Latin motto to be reinstated by the end of the year and there's only one reaction to that: Lumpus Onus!
ARVC: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, Others: muscular- dystrophic cardiomyopathy (3), scleroderma (3), and Systemic lumpus erythematosus (SLE) (1).
For the past four years the company has been successfully marketing lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) to the Chinese market, where its thick, sea cucumber-like skin is regarded as a delicacy.
dahlii was limited to its principal host, the lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus (Woo, 1987).
A comic sub-plot involves Mr Lumpus of High Holborn, "the inventor of the royal patent no-lace-anti-tag-stays, and the inflexible cravat" (86).
Pictured here are the cast of Professor Lumpus, a drama about a man who invents a new kind of burglar alarm, only to have it stolen.
The genus Cyclopterus is represented by just one species, the lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus Linnaeus, 1758, while the genus Liparis contains 71 species considered valid by Chemova (2008), including the one studied here, the sea snail Liparis liparis (Linnaeus, 1766).
The results showed that Omega 3 fatty acids are present in all fish roe, but especially in the eggs of Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda), mackerel (Scomber scombrus), squid (Loligo vulgaris), cuttlefish (Sepia sp.), lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus), hake (Merluccius merluccius) and salmon (Salmo salar).