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Vocabulary Revisited:

31 Aug 2006 Leave a Comment

pimp

noun

1. a person, esp. a man, who solicits customers for a prostitute or a brothel, usually in return for a share of the earnings; pander; procurer.
2. a despicable person.
3. Australia and New Zealand. an informer; stool pigeon.

verb (used without object)

4. to act as a pimp.

verb (used with object)

5. to act as a pimp for.
6. to exploit.

Today this word is used for much more. Apparently it means to “sell” your friends.

Usage:

“I pimped you to that girl over there. She’s diggin’ ya now.”

“I was pimpin’ you to that guy. He wants your number.”

Or in the professional sense:

“I pimped you to my boss and he’s interested in your resume.”

Go figure.

Cranky

15 Jun 2005 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in AWAD, Ranting

crank·y
adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est

Definition: Having a bad disposition; peevish.

Synonyms: bad-humored, bearish, bitchy, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, disagreeable, grouchy, grumpy, hot-tempered, ill-humored, irascible, irritable, mean, ornery, quick-tempered, snappish.

Causes: Money, work, homework, annoying people, chores.

Proceed at your own discretion.

A question every naughty kid has thought of.

18 May 2005 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in AWAD

How does a word become a swear word?

Gotta love those Google RSS feeds.

Peter Piper Picked a Peck…

16 May 2005 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in AWAD

So what the heck is a peck?

According to my favorite Dictionary.com:

peck

1. A unit of dry volume or capacity in the U.S. Customary System equal to 8 quarts or approximately 537.6 cubic inches.
2. A container holding or measuring a peck.

Informal. A large quantity; a lot: a peck of troubles.

Fun word of the evening.

15 May 2005 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in AWAD

be·twixt
adv. & prep.
Between.

Idiom:
betwixt and between
In an intermediate position; neither wholly one thing nor another.

[Middle English bitwixt, from Old English betwix.]

Use it in a sentence:

Betwixt Buddy and me, we enjoyed our end of the night walk greatly. What a beautiful night. Sweet dreams all!

WOTD:

13 May 2005 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in AWAD

One might ask what I’m doing up so damn early, as this is not my norm. Commencement day is upon us folks! And here’s the much anticipated word of the day:

persiflage (PUR-sih-flazh) noun

Light-hearted or flippant treatment of a subject; banter.

Word of the Day

04 May 2005 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in AWAD

gorgonize or gorgonise (GOR-guh-nyz) verb tr.

To paralyze, petrify, or hypnotize.

[After Gorgon, any of the three monstrous sisters Stheno, Euryale,
and Medusa in Greek mythology, who had snakes for hair. They turned
into stone anyone who looked into their eyes.]

Nostalgia Redux

03 May 2005 Leave a Comment

by thestashbuckler in AWAD, L'il Ole Me

nos·tal·gi·a
n.
A bittersweet longing for things, persons, or situations of the past.

So the debate of the night is, can one be nostalgic for things one never had?

Case in point:

Tonight on my way out of class, I meandered through the quad to find the USC Marching Band getting ready for an impromptu concert. I believe it’s a “first night of finals” tradition. Anyhow, out in front of the main library (Leavey) at 10pm, they start up at full volume and spirit. After several songs they start “Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac, and the percussion section actually jumps into the pool/fountain in front of the library managing to drench anyone who couldn’t get away fast enough. To some this sounds childish, and while I grant you it’s definitely a college occurence, the band is amazingly good and it was a pleasure to listen and to watch.

The debate? This wasn’t an experience I had in college. I went to college in the midwest where when finals rolled around it was either colder than a witches tit or hotter than hell. We didn’t have a football team to speak of, much less a marching band. So this isn’t really a thing of my past.

Rather it was a little treat that I got to enjoy in the present. Something I might have missed had I not been there at that exact point and place in time. Who knew a kind of depressed day could end with a little sunshine?