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Poe Toaster

An ephithet that may be applied to anyone using a recently acquired rise in status to deliver an innapropriate -- often selfish -- message to an audience that would otherwise be disinterested.

From the behavior of The Poe Toaster who replaced his father in 1999. (source: Wikipedia)
"Can you believe Stephanie used her valedictorian speech to talk about God for six minutes? What a Poe Toaster."
Poe Toaster by Tobias Diomead July 11, 2007
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The Poe Toaster 

The "Poe Toaster" is a mysterious figure that arrives at the location of Edgar Allan Poe's grave in Baltimore, every year. He or she has done this at the same time since 1949, early on the morning of his birthday, on January 19th. The "Poe Toaster", dressed in black, with a black overcoat and scarf around their face, enters the gates of the Westminster Hall and Burying Grounds, proceeds to Poe's grave and upon reaching it, toasts the grave with a half-bottle of cognac and leaves three blood-red roses.

Nobody has ever tried to talk to or interupt the figure that appears every year as a sign of respect both to Poe and to the "Poe Toaster", nobody knows who he/she is, but it is commonly thought it is simply a fan of Edgar's work. The "Poe Toaster" has often left messages behind on paper such as "Edgar, I haven't forgotten you" and in 2001 "The New York Giants. Darkness and decay and the big blue hold dominion over all. The Baltimore Ravens. A thousand injuries they will suffer. Edgar Allan Poe evermore."
If you don't belive in the Poe Toaster, go and see him for yourself on January 19th 2006!

Poetaster 

An amateurish poet. Usually teenagers prone to angst. Additionally, most poetasters believe that they are incredibly talented and that they are the only ones who understand their emo-ness and tendencies toward self-injury.
Dude, I hate Writer's Workshop. It's really just a big Poetasters Anonymous meeting in there. And the instructor sucks ass.
Poetaster by Sparky March 2, 2005

How bout dem knicks? 

A phrase referring twoard the New York Knicks.
Its usually said to break an unplesent moment of silence.
Guy 1: I think I may be gay.
Guy 2: ...
Guy 1: ...
Guy 2: How bout dem knicks?
How bout dem knicks? by Flame060 March 28, 2005
Word of the Day on June 8, 2026

Power Couple 

A relationship between two people who are equally as cool as each other. They are as individually awesome and fun to be around as they are when they are together.

Neither one depends on the other for their feelings of self worth- they know in their heart that they are just as valuable to the world as the other. Good looking, optimistic, and sparks a light in the world that people recognize that goes beyond a normal relationship.

In a power couple, if one person is flawed, the other person makes up for their weaknesses in strength. Together they are the epitome of what anyone would desire in a relationship. They encourage goodness in the world and make it a better place by being together.
I'm a fan of those two, they are such a power couple, the epitome of what anyone would want in a relationship.

I am envious of them because they are a power couple.
Power Couple by Pina28 May 23, 2012
Word of the Day on June 7, 2026
Spidey sense for evading poop on the street, canine or otherwise.
When walking in NYC or LA, you need shitdar.
Shitdar by Sickomonster June 3, 2026
Word of the Day on June 6, 2026

Shackteâu

A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.
Shackteâu by ez-dog June 4, 2026
Word of the Day on June 5, 2026