Brian X's definitions

Religious Right

A bunch of extreme right-wing headcases who think that God talks to them (signs of schizophrenia?) and want to return our society to the Middle Ages. Noted mainly for racism, misogyny, and a complete lack of independent thought.

by Brian X July 1, 2003

roundheeled

Slutty, in the sense of rounded heels for easy positioning on the back. Archaic, but rather useful. Think of a skanky weeble.

by Brian X September 11, 2003

Doonesbury

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 Long since superseded.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

barratry

The abuse of lawsuits and the legal system to harrass or intimidate a victim. A popular pastime in the United States.

Both the RIAA and the Church of Scientology have broken new ground in the field of barratry.

by Brian X August 27, 2003

plan 9

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.

by Brian X May 3, 2003

Sinfest

The Bloom County of sex and religion.

Did you read that Sinfest strip? That 'Nique is a hottie in her beatnik beret.

by Brian X July 1, 2003

hard drive

An object mounted inside a computer that holds data. Not to be confused with the computer itself, the hard drive in the average desktop computer is made of metal and is about the size of a mass-market paperback book.

He said he was having a problem with a port on the hard drive... of course he'd actually blown the controller chip on his USB card and the hard drive was just fine. I didn't know whether to applaud the fact that he knew what the problem was or cry because he still didn't know the right words for it.

by Brian X October 21, 2003