pentozali's definitions

Adric

To martyr oneself in order to save others' lives. Named after the companion in Doctor Who (Tom Baker/Peter Davison era) who died in an exploding spacecraft in his attempt to prevent the Cybermen-controlled spacecraft from destroying Earth.

Oh my G-d, that crazy boy is trying to Adric himself by running into the nerve gas testing area!

by pentozali April 6, 2013

chorbadji

Turkish and Macedonian word for a person who's very rich. Pronounced "CHOR=bah-jee", this word comes from Turkish and refers to "chorba", a kind of thick soup or stew that supposedly only the rich can afford to eat.

Atanas, look at that chorbadji over there reading that Forbes magazine. He probably sits in a cushy office while we have you have to work in that rat-infested place in Newark, New Jersey!

by pentozali May 25, 2006

kekhat-pondur

A rather unusual way of describing a Chechen musical instrument, but perfectly logical when you consider that the bellows of this instrument are made out of a type of cardboard/plastic composite; a Chechen accordion. "Kekhat" means "paper", and "pondur" or "pondar" means "musical instrument". The Chechen accordion has a bright and loud tone quality and is well-suited to playing rapid, staccato passages.

The "Lovzar" Chechen Dance Ensemble had some very good kekhat-pondur players.

by pentozali February 26, 2009

copyroot

To examine a piece of intellectual property carefully (a book, a piece of music, art, etc.) in order to determine if copyright exists on the work and whether it can go into public domain.

I think I'll have to copyroot this to find out if this can be recorded on CD.

by pentozali October 19, 2012

Supes

Short form of Superman. Often used by comic book writers.

That was a nice issue of Supes I just read.

by pentozali March 9, 2008

twipst

The act of making a wrong movement while doing a dance, throwing you and your line and/or partners off balance.

Marietta, I still don't know how to do the Hambo too well, so I'll be doing one twipst after another!

by pentozali May 17, 2010

25/16 slot

Among Balkan folk dancers, the time of the day when people dance the most difficult of the dances. From 25/16 rhythm, the time signature for "Sedi Donka", a Bulgarian folk dance in which the rhythm is subdivided 7/16 + 7/16 + 11/16: SLOW-quick-quick,SLOW-quick-quick,quick-quick-SLOW-quick-quick. The more challenging dances like this are usually done by a younger crowd.

Leave "Buchimish" for the 25/16 slot. Us older folks aren't up to it!

by pentozali June 27, 2008