atemperman's definitions

eight inches

An imprecise unit of length. When used by a man describing the length of his penis, it means somewhere between six-and-a-half and seven-and-a-half inches.

Rico said he had eight inches, but you'd have to be generous to say six-and-three-quarters.

by atemperman January 24, 2004

failurrific

describing or characterized by an impressive failure

Her attempt to jump off her bike onto a trampoline was failurrific.

by atemperman April 20, 2003

captain

v.t.; to appropriate unabashedly and often imperiously something not belong to oneself, usu. not of great value; to steal shamelessly

I put my coat on the back of that chair to reserve it, but Bob just came over and captained my seat!

by atemperman April 20, 2003

peni

An attempted humorous pluralization of the word "penis". As with other words from Latin that end with "is", such as "crisis" and "neurosis", "penis" changes the "is" to "es", forming "penes", as "crisis" changes to "crises" and "neurosis" to "neuroses". Only urologists and a handful of other professionals use the word "penes", however, so it is best to stick to the English plural, "pensises".

Duh, where'd all the vaginae and peni go?

by atemperman January 24, 2004

PSR

Acronym for "pretty sorry research". Resembles acronyms such as "ESR" and "EPR", which are legitimate scientific terms.

After the laser broke, we were reduced to doing PSR for a month.

by atemperman January 24, 2004

Foppish

"Foppish" might mean "fruity" (or, better, "characteristic of a formal, effeminate man") but it speaks only to the outward behavior of someone, not to their orientation. David Hyde Pierce in most of his roles (incl. Frasier's brother in Frasier) is foppish, but he's not a homosexual (and neither is Frasier's brother).

by atemperman October 6, 2003

verbum

1. Meant to have the same denotation as word, i.e., a term used to indicate agreement or assent or approval. Somewhere between "cool" and "okay". The word is used by people with a rudimentary to thorough knowledge of Latin (in which it means "word"), generally ironically, as it results from the application of an elevated, academic language to a "street" or "ghetto" term. The "v" is usually pronounced as an English "w", as that is how consonantal "v" is pronounced in classical Latin.

X: Hey, I got straight 800s on my GREs!
Y: Verbum!

by atemperman January 25, 2004