Definitions by Octopod

tell us how you really feel 

An ironic riposte to an emotional or invective-laden tirade, meaning, more or less, "You've achieved the maximum of outrage."

So you say the teacher is a festering, mold-encrusted, reeking squid.

Now tell us how you really feel!

tell us how you really feel by octopod May 30, 2006

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!

dead tree media by octopod April 20, 2006

birdcage liner 

A newspaper you don't like. See puppy trainer.

The New York Times used to be the Newspaper of Record. Now it's a birdcage liner.

birdcage liner by octopod April 20, 2006

puppy trainer 

A newspaper the speaker wants to put down; a rag; a birdcage liner.

I use the LA Times as a puppy trainer.

puppy trainer by octopod April 20, 2006

Welshman's prick

Short and thick, so 'tis said, a chud.

What size dowel do you need?

A Welshman's prick.

Welshman's prick by octopod May 1, 2005

titoi 

"Fuck you" in Tahitian.

I asked him to lend me 10000 Polynesian francs. "Titoi, popa'a" said he.

titoi by octopod October 7, 2004

pajamahadeen 

Bloggers, especially the conservative ones who attacked Dan Rather so vigorously.

The pajamahadeen demolished CBS's defense of the forged documents.

pajamahadeen by octopod September 19, 2004