moonbug's definitions

bear

Bear is transport trucker slang for police officers. "Bear" is a term Truckers on the number one highway in Canada use on the CB to warn other truckers that there is a police officer monitering speed on the highway.

Trucker one: Hey! I just spotted a bear!

Trucker two: Where at?

Trucker one: by the 58 marker, on the right o way.

Trucker two: I'll pass it on.

by moonbug November 12, 2006

University of Northern British Columbia

A university located in Prince George, British Columbia. Known as UNBC and the University of No Better Choice.

I want to go to the University of Northern British Columbia because I can't afford to live in Vancouver while going to school.

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

Glass and the Machines of God

A fable created by Billy Corgan, front man of The Smashing Pumpkins. The story of Glass and the Machines of God is propagated by the band's album, Machina. The Machina lyric booklet contains one chapter of the fable, the rest of the chapters, except for chapter four, were posted online throughout the Mystery. Chapter four, The Story of June has never been posted.

The Mystery was based on Glass and the Machines of God.

Glass and the Machines of God is very simular in concept to Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

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

spirit bear

Spirit bears, also known as a kermode bears, are members of a rare genetic subspecies of black bear. The spirit bear is the official animal of British Columbia. Spirit bears are only found on the mainland in the rainforest near Terrace and on the islands of Haida Gwaii.

Spirit Bears are very beautiful, with their ghostly white fur.

by moonbug November 12, 2006

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