194 definitions by octopod

dead tree media

Newspapers and magazines, as opposed to talk radio and the Blogosphere.

I picked up the Times in the bus station the other day. Nothing in that dead tree media!

by octopod March 30, 2006

ofay

Pig Latin for "foe," hence, Whitey.

Bobby Kennedy was just another ofay.

by octopod May 30, 2004

juvie

Juvenile hall; children's prison

He was driving a Porsche, not his own, with three joints in his pocket. Guess what? They sent him to juvie for six months.

by octopod November 10, 2003

asshole buddies

Pals, accused of being so close they have become fudge packers.

John Kerry and the Breck girl weren't exactly asshole buddies until Kerry bit his tongue and chose him for Veep.

by octopod July 11, 2004

stuffed shirt

A wealthy, self-important, overly formal type; a fellow with a stick up his arse. A pompous ass.

"Have your heard? Cholmondely is in love with a horse!"
"Do tell! Is it a mare or a stallion?"
"Oh, a mare, of course. Nothing queer about Cholmondely!"

by octopod February 25, 2004

shed a tear for Ireland

urinate, take a leak, drain the lizard

"Before we leave this joint, let me shed a tear for Ireland."

by octopod September 25, 2003

fiat money

Money that is only money because some government says that it is.

There's no gold or silver backing greenbacks.

by octopod January 16, 2004