Darth Ridley's definitions

carbo-loading

Eating a high-carbohydrate meal the evening before participating in a sports event in order to have lots of energy on the day.

All right lads, the big race is tomorrow, so I want carbo-loading at your dinner tables. That means lots of pasta, rice, and potatoes.

by Darth Ridley November 12, 2006

dick lit

Basically, the male equivalent of chick lit. Books aimed at young men, typically with lots of action, adventure, and explosions.

The works of Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, and Robert Ludlum would probably be considered dick lit, though plenty of older men like these guys a lot too.

by Darth Ridley January 6, 2007

sod

A piece of turf suitable for burning.

Throw another sod on the fire.

by Darth Ridley November 7, 2006

stealth kosher

A restaruant which serves all kosher food, but does not advertise thid fact.

Yosef wanted to stay in Yahweh's good graces, so he took his client to a stealth kosher restaurent for lunch.

by Darth Ridley January 26, 2007

gaa

Sports organised by the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association), notably hurling and gaelic football.

I like gaa, but the GAA has a habit of ruining it.

by Darth Ridley March 25, 2007

RAG week

RAG week - the RAG stands for 'Raising And Giving,' 'Raise A Grand,' or general funness depending on who you ask. Whatever it is, it is theoretically supposed to be about students raising money for charity in various creative ways, while having fun at the same time.

Increasingly, however, it is simply a week-long orgy of alcohol.

Damo: Doing anything for RAG week?
Bob: I'm gonna get totally pissed on Guinness and shrooms.
Damo: Sweet! What about you, Jack?
Jack: I'm thinking of doing a spinsored bungee jump and giving the money to Oxfam...Say, would you guys sponsor me.
Damo and Bob: No way! We need that money to get wasted!

by Darth Ridley November 12, 2006

blue moon

Originally, in a season in which four full moons occurred, the blue moon was the third of these.

In 1946, an error in the magazine *Sky and Telescope* led to the term referring to the second blue moon in a month.

Today, the phrase 'blue moon' is used to refer to an event that happens quite rarely. Interestingly, by either of the definitions given above, it would ean something that occurs on average every 2.5 years.

There'll be a blue moon in a few weeks.

I watch soap operas once in a blue moon.

by Darth Ridley March 1, 2007