brian x's definitions

Doonesbury

Washed-up liberal political strip that might be funny something like once a year, but really ran out of gas around 20 years ago. Long since superseded.

by Brian X July 1, 2003

classical music

1. Historically, orchestral or chamber music written in northern Europe during the 1700s to 1900s, represented by composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovskiy, Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden-schlitter... I'll start again.
2. Music derived from those forms of music, represented by people like Philip Glass (and occasionally people like Paul McCartney and Billy Joel).
3. A fad with racist/elitist overtones for parents who want their kids to graduate from nursery school and go straight to college.
4. Music that, despite its apparent pretentiousness and overbearing arrangements, is actually pretty cool when no one's trying to shove it down your throat.

by Brian X May 3, 2003

Alton Brown

The patron saint of the geek kitchen.

After watching Good Eats for a couple of weeks, I too am now an Alton Brown whore... and I'm proud of it.

by Brian X June 22, 2003

dosh

What a gostak distims.

by Brian X June 21, 2003

Get Fuzzy

The funny version of Garfield.

Now you gotta love any strip with a cat named Bucky who puts dents in everything... unless of course you're a Red Sox fan.

by Brian X July 1, 2003

fictition

An odd neologism created in an Oscar acceptance speech by Michael Moore. Backformation from "fictitious".

"Fictition"... I can't quite figure out what that one means. He obviously meant something slightly different from "fiction", but damn if I know what.

by Brian X October 26, 2003

Heavy Lourde

A Canadian 16-ton -- sorry, 14515kg -- weight.

You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and Homsar getting smashed. Again.

by Brian X December 14, 2003