Brian X's definitions

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

Pole smoker

A person who prepares kielbasa. (Think about it...

Well, he was talking about some kind of sausage, and his last name is Pienkowski...

by Brian X July 5, 2003

Friend Of Bill

Archaic 1990s slang for a liberal celebrity with a personal connection to former President Bill and current Senator Hillary Clinton. Examples include Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, and a good number of other well-known Hollywood types. Distinguished from true progressives by being largely a bunch of rich, connected limousine liberals.

by Brian X September 28, 2003

Bloom County

The greatest political comic strip ever. Gave the world Opus the Penguin and disappeared after the first Bush administration.

Berkeley Breathed, where the hell have you gone?

by Brian X July 1, 2003

buttered bun

aka sloppy seconds. Though this one goes back a few hundred more years.

by Brian X June 24, 2003

zero tolerance

A punishment by the inane for the inane.

When you need a pair of needlenose pliers and you use a hammer... that's zero tolerance.

by Brian X October 8, 2003

SNAFU

Old WWII Army term. Until the recent (last ten years or so) resurgence of fubar, was the only one anyone remembered.

by Brian X May 3, 2003