moonbug's definitions

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

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

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

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

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

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