drool-proof

drool bucket

1. An unintelligent or moronic person, derogatorily likened to a mentally disabled person (i.e., one who may drool involuntarily). The Internet is filled with drool buckets like you who make ignorant claims with no basis in reality. You know, you sound like a real drool bucket peddling these ridiculous conspiracy theories.
2. A figurative bucket needed to collect saliva as a result of seeing someone or something particularly attractive. I'm going to show you my grandfather's vintage 1967 Corvette—get your drool bucket ready! My boyfriend practically needs a drool bucket when he starts checking out fancy sneakers online. You don't like Gen? Yeah, right—you practically need a drool bucket whenever she's around!
3. Someone, especially a baby, who drools a great deal. He's such a happy baby, but my goodness, he's a little drool bucket! Don't be embarrassed, everyone becomes a drool bucket after getting their mouth numbed by the dentist. I wonder if Johnny's been such a drool bucket lately because he's started teething.
See also: bucket, drool
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drool-proof

mod. can withstand idiots who drool. (Of well-written software that even droolings idiots can operate without crashing.) This software package is drool-proof. Even my grandmother could use it.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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