Downstrike's definitions

slam

A particular form of fraud in which an unscrupulous phone company switches you from your chosen long distance carrier to them, without your consent or knowledge.

Get your PIC frozen, or some company with high LD rates can slam you.

by Downstrike August 5, 2005

Ashtoreth

The ancient Jewish name for the godess of fertility known in English as Easter.

Ashtoreth was also known to various cultures as Astarte, Eostre, Isis, Vishnu, and Venus.

by Downstrike May 25, 2004

baby talk

1. The cutesy gibberish uttered by:

a. Babies.

b. Adults talking to babies and pet animals.

2. The genesis of ebonics.

Some peeps' verbal skills are retarded because their families only talk baby talk to them. They never hear a complete sentence until they enter preschool.

Who knows what baby talk does to the minds of dumb animals?

by Downstrike May 24, 2005

Parliament

1. The Pink Floyd of Funk.

2. What the UK calls their collective of legislators.

I'll bet the members of Parliament never listen to Parliament.

by Downstrike May 29, 2004

Pink Floyd

A Progressive Rock band that is typically stereotyped by one of their albums that someone once listened to, when in fact some of their albums started whole new genres of music.

Listen to Pink Floyd on Atom Heart Mother, Meddle and Wish You Were Here and see if you don't hear the foreplay, conception, and birth of New Age Music.

by Downstrike May 29, 2004

trappings

Paraphernalia associated with customs, rituals, and holidays.

Fertility symbols such as eggs, rabbits, and maidens dressed in white are appropriate trappings for Easter if you bear in mind that Easter is a pagan godess of fertility.

by Downstrike May 24, 2004

bagyerface

Valspeak for, so ugly you wish they'd put a bag over their face.

Ohmygod! He is so bagyerface!

by Downstrike May 26, 2004