mihailoff's definitions

bizneer

1. variant of the word beer.

John wanted to impress his friends with his newly acquired urbanity, and so he suggested, "Yo bees, let's grab some bizneer."

by mihailoff February 20, 2005

chiasmus

1. (rhetorical figure): A reversing of the order of words in corresponding pairs of phrases.

leges supplicio improbos afficiunt, defendunt ac tuentur bonos (Cicero, De Legibus, ii. 13)

The laws VISIT PUNISHMENTS upon the wicked, but the good they DEFEND and PROTECT.

by mihailoff February 20, 2005

double bag it

To use two condoms at once.

John paused and remarked, "I bet she's got a cabbage patch snatch, you'd better double bag it."

by mihailoff February 20, 2005

anaphora

1. (Rhetorical Figure) The repetition of a word at the beginning of successive clauses.

rerum copia verborum copiam gignit (Cicero, De Oratoribus, iii. 125)

ABUNDANCE of matter produces ABUNDANCE of expression.

by mihailoff February 20, 2005

philologist

From Ancient Greek: phil- (love), and -logos (word).

1. Someone who studies language or literature.

2. Specifically, someone who studies Ancient Greek and Latin languages; a classicist.

For his Method, let no nice Philologist distaste it, as too Calvinistical.

by mihailoff February 20, 2005

prima facie

Latin: "at first glance"

Prima facie, John didn't seem to be a fucktard, but when I started talking to him, I realized that he was just a playa hater.

by mihailoff February 21, 2005

classics

1. Study of the authors of Greek and Latin antiquity.

John didn't want Sam to know that he studied classics, so he said "Fuckin A, bee, let's get drunk and eat chicken fingers."

by mihailoff February 20, 2005