rattus cattus's definitions

garage metal

What people called grunge before that term had a real definition, due to the combination of influences from metal and from 1960s garage rock.

Wolfmother are a current example of garage metal.

by Rattus cattus October 20, 2006

Joseph McCarthy

a gay, pedophilic, coke-snorting US Senator from Wisconsin who ruined the lives of countless numbers of Americans in his paranoid witch-hunt against alleged Communists and who severely damaged the American political system until he was brought down. Inexplicably, right wing authors like Ann Coulter are trying to rehabilitate his reputation

Joseph McCarthy played upon people's fears of communism to advance his own political career and in the process corrupted American democracy

by Rattus cattus July 5, 2006

hungary

The country with the hottest women in Central Europe (only Italy and Spain have better looking women). Also, some fantastic architecture and a long history.

The capital of Hungary, Budapest, has some of the most amazing buildings one will ever see

by Rattus cattus September 20, 2006

yiddish

A Jewishlanguage based on German once spoken throughout Central and Eastern Europeby AshkenazicJews. The name comes from a combination of the German words, "Jud" (Jew) and "Deutsch" (German). Sometimes referred to as a dialect of German, and sometimes denigrated as the "Ebonics of the Austro-Hungarian Empire", Yiddish does have its own unique qualities which differentiate it from standard German. Unfortunately, most Yiddish speakers were killed in the Holocaust, and emigration of the Jews of Central Europe and Eastern Europe resulted in the near-disappearance of the language. Today it can only be heard in isolated pockets in certain big cities worldwide. It is probably the most endangered European language right now. However, Yiddish words have heavily influenced American English,especially that of New York, and to a lesser extent have made it into Cockney. The use of Yiddish words like schmuck, putz, shyster, etc. by comedians, in particular, has spread Yiddishisms throughout the Anglosphere. Even though the Yiddish language is in a severe and probably irreversible state of decline, certain Yiddish words will always be with us, kein ahora.

Oy vey, nobody speaks Yiddish anymore. Nu?

by Rattus cattus October 26, 2006

silverlake

The new Brentwood. Formerly LA's original gay village, then home of the hipsters, now home of the yuppies. Even Beck can't afford to live there anymore.

Sunset Junction in Silverlake might as well be Rodeo Drive nowadays

by Rattus cattus November 30, 2006

Mao ZeDONG

The only dictator in human history who could be considered to be worse than Hitler. Responsible for the genocide of 40 million people. Also a notorious pedophile to boot. His only redeeming quality was that some of his poetry was actually decent, but that hardly makes up for his innumerable crimes and perversion. For some reason he is still highly regarded in China even though the current Chinese dictatorship believes in practically nothing that Mao believed in.

Mao ZeDONG's actions towards the Tibetans were comparable to Hitler's actions towards the Jews.

by Rattus cattus October 26, 2006

persian

Mostly Muslim immigrants (although some of them are Christians, Jews, and Bahais) from Iran and their kids living in wealthy parts of Southern California such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Brentwood and Sherman Oaks, they generally have materialistic values and an ugly sounding language but they don't really bother anyone for the most part, they're one of the wealthiest immigrant groups in the USA along with the Cubans. The California Persians have a very similar attitude and political orientation to the Florida Cubans. Due to Iran having such a nasty government and being so hated in the USA they regard themselves as Persians not Iranians

"I'm a Persian, not an Iranian"

by Rattus cattus July 4, 2006