Nco's definitions

Midge

1: a small fly. see myiasis

Etymology: Middle English migge, from Old English mycg; akin to Old High German mucka midge, Greek myia fly, Latin musca
Date: before 12th century

biting midge gall midge

The hair had lice playing jacks, the pupils were sewer-green, all's he needed was someone to mourn him and maybe a biting midge to keep him off his feet.

by Nco November 23, 2003

overachiever

<i>over-achiever</i>
1: A person who is motivated by their ideals. An intra-competitive person often marked by abandoning that which hinders their ideals.
2: One who strives for various degrees of near perfection. see H.U.M.A.S.
3: Someone that desires more than is needed.

The over-achiever would not get married until she found the perfect father for her future babies. She died alone in her early fifties.

by Nco November 19, 2003

tachistoscope

see t-scope

The Tachistoscope was loaded with slides of various Kanji ideographs, in colors that coordinated to the feelings they conveyed.

by Nco November 17, 2003

dick flick

Function: noun
Etymology: West Coast slang; opposite of chick flick; 1985
Dick-flick

1: A movie consisting of mostly ethno-male elements, action, saving a woman, revenge for a dead family, etc. The movie usually has back story in which the protagonist is told to be highly specialized, elite, commando, a seer with muscles, he-man, special forces, etc.
2: Any medium (literature, film, ) that is overtly masculine. A Charles Bukowski poem with drunks wooing hookers.
3.) Using the penis as a slingshot, post-ejaculation.
4.) A homosexual movie.

here was no way that John’s date was going to watch a dick flick with him.

by Nco November 17, 2003

bus

noun
1: A large vehicle for public tranportation-- capable of sitting 50-150 persons.

<i> Get on the short bus</i>
short bus1: US, 1980s-- a bus fitted with handicapped ramps, elvators, and special seats.
short bus 2: A place for retarded persons, those mentally challenged. A ride for social rejects. "Get on the short bus, you idiot."

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ADJECTIVE:
Bus
1: The clear a table. To bus a table.
busserbusboy: The server's assistant is a busser.

The busboy liked to play with the spent bones of the rich people. He could cuddle the rib bones, fondle the chicken cages and pretend that he knew his customers by the attention they gave to their food.

by Nco November 23, 2003

HUMAS

see H.U.M.A.S.
see HUMA Syndrome

Vanna suffered from HUMAS for many years until eventually she could no longer see at all.

by Nco November 19, 2003

Aleph

1: The place where all points of the universe come together.

Etymology:: JL BORGES, The Aleph, 1942.

2: the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Etymology: Hebrew Aleph, probably from eleph ox
Date: 14th century

Borges admits that he found an aleph on the 19th step of the basement. It helped him write better.

by Nco November 16, 2003