57 definitions by Zappin' Nap

cosmopastoral

1. (adj.) Believing or resigned to the notion that rural law enforcement, education, housing, and infrastructure policies should be engineered to woo urban tourists at the expense of the needs and mores of permanent residents.
2. (n.) A believer in, or engineer of, the this model of "gentrification".

"Drive on through to Vermont; The Berkshires are way too cosmopastoral!"

by Zappin' Nap April 25, 2022

Contraspam

The generic name for a folder to which your actually desired e-mail is forwarded, conceding your Inbox to the voluminous Spam that "leaks through" your ISP's filters.

It's great... I have two Contraspam folders, one for "Friends&Family" and one for "Merchants" I actually do business with!

by Zappin' Nap November 24, 2018

primate discipline

Literally, monkey-spanking; by extension, any repetitive exercise bearing no foreseeable benefit to mankind.

How can we get anything done with all this primate discipline going on?

by Zappin' Nap December 17, 2019

polycopula

A confluence of high volume, short staff, nuisance directives, errors, oversights, and otherwise avoidable chaos; in short, a clusterfuck.

Dr. Jess Dewett is making rounds, there are orders everywhere with no charts, and two nursing assistants are out sick. What a polycopula!

by Zappin' Nap December 19, 2019

Longevity Biscuit

An organizational recognition the management "has" to "give" everybody.

I don't blame Lisa; when I'm slowed down to mere above-average performance and speed I'll hang on for the Longevity Biscuit too!

by Zappin' Nap September 19, 2022

Pomebook

An Apple product, e.g. last year's iPad, with about the same capabilities as a Chromebook costing half it's price.

"No MuseScore... can't import GarageBand tracks... what is this, a freakin' Pomebook?

by Zappin' Nap March 2, 2023

jepped

Rapidly executed under disabled surveillance.

He was jepped. He's even got his name on the crime. Everybody who crosses the Clintons gets jepped.

by Zappin' Nap August 11, 2019