JavaJaneOhio's definitions

cowtown

1. A large city that springs up from a small rural town in which the residents are still unsophisticated or uneducated in the ways of the world and still think in small-town ways.

2. A semi-rural place where cows literally live near the residential areas.

Columbus, Ohio has the reputation of being a cowtown.

by JavaJaneOhio July 30, 2010

go to Boca

Stop thinking like an old person. Comes from the idea that old people move to Boca Raton, Florida when they retire.

You drive a Dodge Intrepid and you still don't have a smart phone? Go to Boca already!

by JavaJaneOhio August 2, 2010

pee on my parade

When one person intentionally ruins another person's dreams or takes away some happiness. Similar to "rain on my parade," but to do it intentionally and perhaps with malice.

What do you mean you don't think I'm smart enough to get into Harvard Law? Man, don't pee on my parade!

Or

You ate the last cupcake? I was looking forward to it all day! You peed on my parade!

by JavaJaneOhio July 10, 2010

snork

To abruptly and sharply bump one's nose.

I got snorked by a wild pitch in the game last night! My nose still hurts!

by JavaJaneOhio April 28, 2010

hot mess

A state of disarray so chaotic that it's dizzying to look at. A mess that is beyond the normal range of disarray. Visual clutter that draws attention to itself.

When the Project Runway contestant showed a garment made out of multicolored plush animals tied together with yarn, Heide Klum declared, "It's a hot mess!"

by JavaJaneOhio November 5, 2010

mocktail

A non-alcoholic kids' beverage made to look and taste like a cocktail and marketed specifically to children, often with names like Green Grasshopper (green grenadine and soda water), Shirley Temple (sweet soda), Mocktini (lemon-lime soda with a marachino cherry), Mockmo (cranberry juice and soda water), Hattie (ginger ale and a cherry), etc.

Boy, this restaurant has a huge menu of mocktails for the kiddies!

by JavaJaneOhio December 9, 2010

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