15 definitions by Cajun Scientist
Cajun French for "little asshole." pronounced "kool-yaw." Denotes a dick, a pendejo, jerk, a truly malignant asshole. Conveys deep contempt.
by Cajun Scientist February 27, 2010
The best James Bond film ever made. Features a underwater speargun and knife fight between a bunch of US Navy frogmen and the bad guys in SCUBA gear. Begins well, too, with a one of the bad guys nerve gassing the other people on a nuclear bomber so the eeeevil genius can swipe an H-bomb.
by Cajun Scientist June 22, 2009
(1) CONtinuous OPerationS - military operations which require operators to remain alert for more than twenty-four hours; often requires the use of ProVigil or other stimulants (go-pills) to enable optimum function of operators throughout the span of the operation.
(2) CONcept of OPerationS - the description of how and why any project is undertaken.
(2) CONcept of OPerationS - the description of how and why any project is undertaken.
(1) "pulling CONOPS sucks after a while... you get the red-eye, the go-pills screw with your appetite... be glad when I rotate back to the world.... "
(2) "The CONOPS on this deal is very clear - highly discrete, no chance of mission creep."
(2) "The CONOPS on this deal is very clear - highly discrete, no chance of mission creep."
by Cajun Scientist June 23, 2009
"Jumping the broom" is an informal marriage or "partnership." It comes from peasant or gypsy marriages before the idea of a "civil marriage" (going before a justice of the peace to vow marriage oaths) came about in Britain with the Marriage Act 1836 - as an alternative to a church marriage.
The concept started in France as <i>mariage sur le croix d'un epee</i> ("marriage on the cross of a sword") which a maudit anglais (Englishman) translated from a French book as "leaping over a broomstick." The original concept comes from ancient military weddings - when a soldier marries one of the women who hung around soldiers back in the day:
"A sword being laid down on the ground, the parties to be married joined hands, when the corporal or serjeant of the, company repeated these words: <b>Leap rogue, and jump whore, And then you are married for evermore.</b> Whereupon the happy couple jumped hand in hand over the sword, the drum beating a ruffle; and the parties were ever after considered as man and wife."
My old Cajun stepdad took me aside after I brought the girl I just proposed marriage to home to meet him and Mama, and asked "You can't just go jump the broom?", so I'm here to tell you this expression is for real and old farts like him were still using it.
The concept started in France as <i>mariage sur le croix d'un epee</i> ("marriage on the cross of a sword") which a maudit anglais (Englishman) translated from a French book as "leaping over a broomstick." The original concept comes from ancient military weddings - when a soldier marries one of the women who hung around soldiers back in the day:
"A sword being laid down on the ground, the parties to be married joined hands, when the corporal or serjeant of the, company repeated these words: <b>Leap rogue, and jump whore, And then you are married for evermore.</b> Whereupon the happy couple jumped hand in hand over the sword, the drum beating a ruffle; and the parties were ever after considered as man and wife."
My old Cajun stepdad took me aside after I brought the girl I just proposed marriage to home to meet him and Mama, and asked "You can't just go jump the broom?", so I'm here to tell you this expression is for real and old farts like him were still using it.
My old Cajun stepdad took me aside after I brought the girl I just proposed marriage to home to meet him and Mama, and asked "You can't just go jump the broom?"
by Cajun Scientist October 9, 2015
by Cajun Scientist June 22, 2009
Cajun for "English-speaker" or "non-Cajun." The term goes back to when the Acadians were driven out of their homes in Acadia (part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia) by the British Army and local officials in an early instance of ethnic cleansing.
In some parts of Louisiana, the word "anglais" ("English") is never spoken without "Maudit" ("Goddamned" or "accursed") before it - all in one term - maudit anglais = "Goddamn Englishman," "Goddamn English-speaker," "Goddamn non-Cajun ('american' understood)", or "Goddamn Yankee" ("Yankee" and maudit anglais meaning about the same thing.
In some parts of Louisiana, the word "anglais" ("English") is never spoken without "Maudit" ("Goddamned" or "accursed") before it - all in one term - maudit anglais = "Goddamn Englishman," "Goddamn English-speaker," "Goddamn non-Cajun ('american' understood)", or "Goddamn Yankee" ("Yankee" and maudit anglais meaning about the same thing.
We were doing all right till a maudit anglais planning commission condemned our property to build a Wal-Mart on...
by Cajun Scientist October 9, 2015
Pronounced "fit-putain" (roughly)
Literally "son of a whore," closer to "son of a bitch" in Cajun French. Means what you'd expect it to mean.
Literally "son of a whore," closer to "son of a bitch" in Cajun French. Means what you'd expect it to mean.
by Cajun Scientist March 5, 2010