marcata's definitions

four to the floor

Especially common in techno, an unaccented 4/4 time pattern in which each beat is marked with a heavy kick drum. This is desperately boring at normal volume but at club levels takes over your entire body. Usually sourced from a Roland 909.

"Driving round town in his Corsa, playing four to the floor German house."

by marcata August 14, 2003

spot the stiff

When watching a war or disaster movie with a large ensemble cast, to use one's knowledge of the genre and its cliches in order to predict which characters will die before the end. Good picks include Spitfire pilots talking moist-eyed of their upcoming marriage, hysterical mothers and either half of a couple celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

by marcata August 14, 2003

Fu Manchu

1. Chinese crimelord created by Sax Rohmer. Once as popular and widely-used as Dracula, and the template for Ming the Merciless, comics villain the Mandarin and countless others. Now considered highly politically incorrect.

2. Style of facial hair. Long, thin, drooping moustache sometimes accompanied by a wanky little goatee. Looks distinguished on older Oriental gentlemen, elsewhere is a crime against decency.

"That's the thing about the fu manchu. On Fu Manchu is looks cool. On you... less so."

by marcata August 13, 2003

heaving

1. Vomiting, or being within seconds of doing so.

2. Of a place, uncomfortably busy.

"The dancefloor was heaving, but some guy started heaving and a space opened up."

by marcata August 13, 2003