JavaJaneOhio's definitions

add-on child

A child born to keep another child from being an only child or to provide transplantable parts for an older child, especially one who would not have been conceived otherwise.

In Jodi Picoult's novel My Sister's Keeper, Anna Fitzgerald, the daughter conceived to provide bone marrow and a kidney transplant to her terminally-ill older sister Kate, is the add-on child of the family.

by JavaJaneOhio December 9, 2010

remote revenge

Hacking into a former employer or ex-lover's computer system to wreek havoc as a way of getting them back for real or imagined damages or losses.

Any kind of revenge taken by messing with someone's computer or communication device or social network page.

When John was fired from the library, he got remote revenge by planting a virus in the computer catalog from the computer lab at the community center. The library is still trying to fix the damage.

by JavaJaneOhio August 19, 2010

casino fly

Someone who habituates casinos. A person who goes to a casino more than once a month, like a barfly hangs around bars or a housefly hangs around a garbage can.

I can't believe you went to the casino again last night. You're getting to be a real casino fly.

by JavaJaneOhio July 30, 2010

spontaneous neanderthalism

The process by which an ofspring from a nice family becomes a jerk.

Joel's mom is so nice, but he's such a bigot. Must be a case of spontaneous neanderthalism.

by JavaJaneOhio August 12, 2010

lifeless

A person who doesn't have an identity in Second Life.

Megan's on facebook, but she's lifeless.

by JavaJaneOhio July 30, 2010

it's complicated

A relationship that is over or dying but you don't want to admit that so you avoid the truth by saying "it's complicated."

Gina and Chad's engagement has been on the rocks for years but they won't move on, they just stay together and say, "it's complicated" whenever people ask when they're planning to get married.

by JavaJaneOhio August 17, 2010

winnow

verb

to remove people you are no longer friends with from your Facebook or other social media friends list.

I had like 2000 friends on Facebook, so I winnowed them down to the 100 people I actually like.

by JavaJaneOhio December 3, 2010