neologasm

n. (acronym for Fucking Entertaining Big Lie)

1. An inexpensively produced entertainment product that claims deep meaning directly relevant to the deficiencies in consumers’ lives.

You can usually spot a FEBL film from the outset because they often use cheap graphic effects with bad rendering and metaphors. In Zeitgeist we have the earth surrounded by a pixelated metal cage. —David Galbraith, “Zeitgeist - the greatest lie ever told”

Posted by markpasc on November 8, 2007 in miscellany, profanity to 0 comments

n. (Dutch miereneuker, translation into English; via Jeremy Keith)

1. Nitpicker.

Posted by markpasc on February 6, 2006 in miscellany, profanity to 0 comments

n. (from German Arschgeweih)

1. A tattoo on the lower back.

In the above poster for the movie John Tucker Must Die, you can see a lower back tattoo, often referred to by its colloquial name, the tramp stamp. According to Wikipedia, there’s a German slang term for lower back tattoos — Arschgeweih — which means “ass antlers”, which is probably derived from the fact that these tattoos have a barbed style and look like anters when they stick out from underneath low-rise jeans, which the young ladies seem to favour these days. —Joey deVilla, “The ‘First Corinthians’ Tramp Stamp”

Posted by markpasc on July 31, 2006 in cultural reference, profanity to 1 comments

n. (from the composition of the emoticon)

1. A heart symbol, especially when rendered as the ASCII emoticon <3. syn. less-than-three

Posted by markpasc on February 20, 2006 in miscellany, profanity, technology to 1 comments

n. (from asshat and haberdashery)

1. The talent of bringing out the asshat in others.

Posted by markpasc on March 27, 2006 in profanity, whole cloth to 0 comments

n. (similarity to refactoring; thanks, Adam)

1. Fixing broken program code, under the guise of refactoring, the restating of code in a cleaner but equivalent form.

Posted by markpasc on April 20, 2006 in profanity, technology to 0 comments

n. (from fap and claptrap)

1. Trivial things or matters.

Posted by markpasc on June 21, 2006 in portmanteau, profanity, whole cloth to 0 comments

n. (from deck and teledildonics; thanks, Broken)

1. The technology required to punch someone who sorely needs it in the face over the internet.

i’m going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet —HatfulOfHollow, Bash.org quote #4281

Posted by markpasc on June 20, 2006 in cultural reference, profanity, technology, whole cloth to 0 comments