moonbug's definitions

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

gateway to the north

Prince George, British Columbia is also known as the gateway to the north.

People call Prince George the gateway to the north because it is a major center where several highways and railroads meet.

by moonbug November 13, 2006

Dixie-Chicked

The past tense of the verb "to Dixie Chick", a verb meaning to express a contraversial opinion from a place of artistic privledge.

It comes from the name of a band, the Dixie Chicks, who were simultaniously applauded and reviled for speaking out against the 2002 war of the United States against Iraq.

"Everyone is scared of being Dixie Chicked. You say one bad thing about your government and you might lose a large portion of your fans. Good. who wants a bunch of idiots for fans anyways?" -- 'Fat' Mike Burkett

by moonbug April 6, 2005

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

MOSer

An adjective used to describe anyone who spent a lot of time on the now defunct, official Smashing Pumpkins message board (O-Board) in the Meaning of Symbols forum. MOSers were the main participants in the Mystery of Glass and the Machines of God.

Ramdust was an archetypical MOSer. He was instrumental in finding some of the passcodes for locked sites at the height of the mystery.

by moonbug November 13, 2006

snip

Worthy of attention, hip, awesome, cool. Snip is an adjective with no pejorative connotation. It is often used as an interjection.

Snip!

Wow, that band was totally snip.

Check out this snip book.

by moonbug November 11, 2008

Haida Gwaii

An archepelago of islands off of the Northern coast of British Columbia. The Islands are also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. The islands feature some notable cultural artifacts, such as the abandoned village of Ninstints.

Covered in rainforest and sparsely populated, Haida Gwaii is among the most beautiful places in the world.

I want to go camping on Haida Gwaii this summer.

by moonbug November 12, 2006