9 definitions by NYandwhat

What happens when someone overreacts, gushingly, to an overanalytical comment about literature.
The English teacher had a metaphorgasm when the student compared the clouds in the poem to femininity and the sun in the poem to masculinity.
by NYandwhat February 8, 2005
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A decoration put on a blog. Colorbars commonly contain images tinted in six colors, with the caption "(Subject of pictures) is love." Originally, the colorbar was meant to support gay marriage with the caption "Marriage is love," and colored blocks, instead of tinted images, but since then they have been adapted for celebrities, tv shows, sports teams and other things.
If you check my profile on LiveJournal, you'll notice I put a Family Guy colorbar on it because I'm a big fan of the show.
by NYandwhat December 21, 2004
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AIM and other computer shorthand for nevertheless. Similar to btw for "by the way" or imo for "in my opinion."
In informal typing settings where AIM-style shorthand is acceptable, ntl could replace nevertheless without any changes to the rest of the sentence.
by NYandwhat September 3, 2005
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Originally from a beer commercial, a travishamockery is a combination of a travesty, a sham and a mockery. In other words, something really, really unfair and unjust.
Many people thought the recount during the 2000 election in Florida was a travishamockery.
by NYandwhat December 21, 2004
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Commonly-used Internet character, synonymous with a question mark. This is because on a keyboard, ? and / appear on the same key, with a sometimes-forgotten shift key differentiating between the two. In a hurry, AIM users will sometimes neglect going back and fixing the question mark.
AIMuser: hey, how r u/
by NYandwhat September 3, 2005
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Putting your phone on vibrate. Named in such a way because of a lawsuit brought against TV show host Bill O'Reilly, alleging that he engaged a former employee in lengthy conversations about vibrators.
Put your phones on O'Reilly Mode, the movie's about to begin.
by NYandwhat December 21, 2004
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The curse that prevents the Chicago Cubs from ever winning the National League Pennant. Contrary to what a previous user wrote, the curse began in 1945 when a tavern owner tried to bring his pet goat into Wrigley Field during Game 1 of the World Series because it was a good luck charm. Security didn't allow it and as they escorted him out he declared that the Cubs would never again win the pennant. And they haven't.
"Did you hear Sammy Sosa hurt his back while sneezing?"
"Yeah, it must be that billy goat curse again."
by NYandwhat December 21, 2004
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