rattus cattus's definitions

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

kike

A derogatory term for a Jewish person. The term originated amongst American Jews in the early 20th century as a slur against Eastern European Jewish immigrants, but somehow became mostly used by anti-Semites as a slur against all Jews.

Neo-Nazi scum claim that "kikes" control both major US political parties and drive US foreign policy.

by Rattus cattus October 20, 2006

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

Condi Rice

The first African-American war criminal.

Condi Rice was one of the major architects of the invasion of Iraq before becoming Secretary of State

by Rattus cattus September 15, 2006

ranker

U.S. variation on the British term "wanker", meaning asshole. Mostly used by California chicano gang members. Perhaps the only example of Cockney influence on cholo talk.

that pinche puto is a serious ranker

by Rattus cattus December 7, 2006

the grove

The Grove is a fake-European upscale shopping mall in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles' west side, near West Hollywood (and not too far from Beverly Hills). It was built to look like a central historic district of an old Mediterranean city like Nice, but it is only five years old. It is a perfect example of "fake history" - building something new that looks like it's old while actual older parts of L.A. are left to decay. It was built next door to the Farmer's Market, a collection of shops that was one of the last landmarks of old Hollywood left. While the Farmer's Market still keeps some of its old vibe with a mixture of tourists and aging locals, the stores in the Grove are the same overpriced "designer chains" that one can find in any mall in America, and the whole place is so fake looking it's sick. The Grove has incredibly worsened traffic on the west side of L.A. particularly all the shortcuts that one could once take to get from the west side to Hollywood are all fucked up now because of the massive traffic of people going to The Grove. I for one wish that it was never built.

"It's been hard to come over to your place ever since The Grove was built, because now there's permit parking on the streets and traffic is really fucked up"

by Rattus cattus October 20, 2006

jasper

Jewish Anglo-Saxon Protestant. Used by some Jews in Northern California to describe people of Jewish heritage who have completely assimilated into white gentile culture to the point that they are indistinguishable from WASPs, or people who seem like WASPs but are Jewish or half-Jewish. The term probably had its roots in the early 20th century when Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the U.S. resented the more assimilated, wealthier, more established American Jews of German and Austrian origin, thus making it the opposite of kike. The term is rarely used outside of the Bay Area and its use seems to be dying out given the almost total assimilation of American Jewry, particularly in the West.

He seems so goyish, but he's really a jasper.

by Rattus cattus October 19, 2006