Octopod's definitions

hoi polloi

Namby-pamby phrase for the masses, or the great unwashed. Fr. Ancient Greek "the many." Saying "the hoi polloi" is an ineffictive attempt at literary snobbery

We read The Atlantic; hoi polloi read People.

by octopod June 12, 2004

crazed weasels

Putatively horny and out-of-control rutting beasts.

They checked into the Motel 6 and fucked like crazed weasels.

by octopod November 22, 2003

Sweet Potato Queens

A purportedly humorous cult of Southern women given to vulgar displays at local agrarian parades.

She became a complete Sweet Potato Queens groupie, and soon after lost her reason.

by octopod November 5, 2003

dead tree media

Newspapers and magazines, as opposed to talk radio and the Blogosphere.

I picked up the Times in the bus station the other day. Nothing in that dead tree media!

by octopod April 20, 2006

prune face

The pompous gigolo John Kerry, noted for his wrinkly, albeit botoxed features.

The French looking prune face picked the Breck Girl as his running mate.

by octopod July 6, 2004

culliones

Balls; courage; brutish masculinity. Fr. Italian "coglioni". Cf. Sp. cojones, Fr. cuillons; see break my balls.

You need a giant set of culliones to talk to Tony like that.

by Octopod November 8, 2003

Tonya Harding

Oregonian champion ice skater, celebrity boxer, and troublemaker, but for all that, a beautiful resilient person from the wrong side of the tracks. In short, America's sweetheart.

The picture of Tonya Harding climbing down from the pickup in a floor-length gown is beautiful.

by octopod June 27, 2004