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Washed-up liberal political strip that might be funny something like once a year, but really ran out of gas around 20 years ago. Long since superseded.
by Brian X July 1, 2003
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Get the Sinfest mug.1. Shorthand for the Bela Lugosi/Ed Wood movie that held the title "Worst of all Time", even though "Manos" was worse and "Battlefield Earth" eclipsed it.
2. The sequel to Unix. Nobody's ever heard of it, but apparently it's pretty cool.
2. The sequel to Unix. Nobody's ever heard of it, but apparently it's pretty cool.
by Brian X May 3, 2003
Get the plan 9 mug.The abuse of lawsuits and the legal system to harrass or intimidate a victim. A popular pastime in the United States.
by Brian X August 27, 2003
Get the barratry mug.1. Historically, orchestral or chamber music written in northern Europe during the 1700s to 1900s, represented by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovskiy, Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden-schlitter... I'll start again.
2. Music derived from those forms of music, represented by people like Philip Glass (and occasionally people like Paul McCartney and Billy Joel).
3. A fad with racist/elitist overtones for parents who want their kids to graduate from nursery school and go straight to college.
4. Music that, despite its apparent pretentiousness and overbearing arrangements, is actually pretty cool when no one's trying to shove it down your throat.
2. Music derived from those forms of music, represented by people like Philip Glass (and occasionally people like Paul McCartney and Billy Joel).
3. A fad with racist/elitist overtones for parents who want their kids to graduate from nursery school and go straight to college.
4. Music that, despite its apparent pretentiousness and overbearing arrangements, is actually pretty cool when no one's trying to shove it down your throat.
by Brian X May 3, 2003
Get the classical music mug.So I went to Crate and Barrel and got some placemats and glasses and dishes and silverware... what do you mean I need a stove too?
by Brian X July 9, 2003
Get the Crate and Barrel mug.A somewhat overrated Bavarian beer purity law requiring beer to be made from barley, water, hops, yeast, and nothing else. Kept southern German beer at a high standard until 1987, and still honored by German brewers today even though the EU forced its repeal, but ran lots of northern German brewers (who made funky Belgian-style beers) out of business.
by Brian X July 9, 2003
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