mikroth's definitions

Juno Watt

The most-talked about celeb of 2009... everyone's talking to her on their cellphones... in TV interviews... can't resist mentioning her to their friends...

'Juno Watt ? I think I may be pregnant...'

'Juno Watt ? I got tickets for Mariah's tour...

by mikroth December 12, 2009

co-promo

media term for those current TV shows where wannabees or one-star celebs hoping to raise their public profile are encouraged to compete, be humiliated, bullied, or patronised on camera...

Great symbiotic relationship -- the media get hours of cheap or unpaid labour; everyone gets their fifteen minutes of facial recognition; one or two win through to big bucks...

'Jeez ! Yet another co-promo on TV... this time it's the Whiplash School of Cookery comp...but dammit, I love them all...it's so addictive...'

by mikroth February 6, 2009

agree to disagree

when you've been arguing, get nowhere and no-one yields their view, and you don't want to waste any more time..

'Dylan's lyrics are the greatest..'

'You mean Leonard Cohen's ?...'

'Oh we've been there before.. let's agree to disagree, and go get a Cokesi..'

by mikroth May 16, 2009

Hallowgoodbuymas

A couple of puns to point a cynical view of that period from around Halloween to the New Year Sales which comes and goes in a tsunami of commerce...

'Jeez ! Halloween already ! We're into the hysteria of Hallowgoodbuymas now...'

'I'd love to be somewhere at this time of year far away from the stores, and lists of obligatory presents... I call it Hallowgoodbuymas...'

by mikroth November 19, 2007

Cokesi

When you want a drink, but hate to sound like a walking ad...

'Wanna Coke ?'

' mmm...Pepsi ?'

'OK, Cokesi -- let's go !'

by mikroth May 16, 2009

three-flush floater

a metaphor culled from domestic plumbing, for crap it's hard to dismiss..

Clive James is such a wit. He called somebody's crap novel a 'three-flush floater'... !

by mikroth November 5, 2008

hyposhit

The public outrage manufactured by those who want to cover their own dirty tracks by accusing others.

" 'Stop hounding politicians for cheating public funds -- they're only human; respect their privacy' -- What hyposhit !"

"Journalists, of all people, accusing politicians of fiddling their expenses ! How's that for hyposhit ?!"

by mikroth May 24, 2009