moonbug's definitions

Roach Goblin

A legendary creature known to the stoners of Williams Lake British Columbia. If one does not placate the roach goblin by occaisionally throwing a roach into the woods, the goblin has been known to nab useful items. If, however, one is careful to satisfy the Roach Goblin, he has been known to leave gifts of weed, money, pens and lighters to good little stoners.

The Roach Goblin is two feet high, and has green skin, purple eyes and blonde hair. He wears a tattered felt jacket with coat-tails, pointy blue leather shoes, grey wool socks, brown breeches, white gloves, and a red silk shirt. His hat is sky blue, peaked and adorned with three feathers, one yellow, one green and one red. He carries a ebony cane topped with an onyx sphere in his left hand. There is a golden pocket-watch in his right pocket.

Dude, toss that roach to the Roach Goblin, or you'll lose your buspass for sure.

by moonbug November 13, 2006

ii in malum rem

Latin for "go to the bad place", which translates as "go to hell". The Romans considered it unlucky to name the bad place.

ii in malum rem, you fracktard!

by moonbug November 17, 2006

Kamloops

A mid sized city in British Columbia. It is located in the province's interior desert. Kamloops is one of the interior's largest cities.

Kamloops is a sprawling city with few redeeming qualities, but it is still better than Williams Lake.

by moonbug November 13, 2006

O-Board

The Official Smashing Pumpkins message board was nicknamed the O-board by users to distinguish it from unofficial fan sites.

I miss the O-board, since it shut down lots of people stopped posting.

by moonbug November 17, 2006

the highway of tears

Highway 16 in Canada is also known as the highway of tears because a large number of hitchhikers have been murdered along it. The term particularly refers to the stretch from Prince Rupert to Prince George.

Girls should never hitch alone on the highway of tears because lots of women have been murdered along it; some people think that it is the work of a serial killer.

by moonbug November 13, 2006

the echo chamber

Public Relations slang for the tactic of repeating some fake factoid so loudly and so often that many people start to believe it. It is even more effective if public figures and celebrities are used in the echo chamber.

This technique was used for years to debunk those who noted the first signs of climate change.

the echo chamber was used for years by the tabacco industry to deny the health effects of smoking.

by moonbug November 17, 2006

Anchises

A proper name. Anchises was the father of Aeneas through Venus and is a major character in the epic poem by Virgil, the Aeneid.

Aged Anchises was led from the smoking ruins of Troy by his son, Aeneas.

by moonbug April 7, 2005