Definitions by Uncle Dimma
cosmopolite
noun:
a) a synonym for an urbaweller
b) (offensive) : in Stalin's Soviet Union (1928- March 6, 1953) an offensive designation for Jews
adj:
c) someone who has a cosmopolitan political worldview (and a sort of bohemian sense of music, art, culture, literature, architecture, etc..)
d) (offensive): a person who has received a private high school education, especially if the person then moves back to the countryside to live like landed gentry
a) a synonym for an urbaweller
b) (offensive) : in Stalin's Soviet Union (1928- March 6, 1953) an offensive designation for Jews
adj:
c) someone who has a cosmopolitan political worldview (and a sort of bohemian sense of music, art, culture, literature, architecture, etc..)
d) (offensive): a person who has received a private high school education, especially if the person then moves back to the countryside to live like landed gentry
in terms of definition c) mentioned above, a person can very well be a cosmopolite and still live in the countryside
cosmopolite by Uncle Dimma September 20, 2013
hitting the sauce
N.B. not to be confused with a sauce hitter, a noun and related term
verb: being a gas wholesaler/pundit, talking intellectual sounding nonsense about any given scientific discipline, without knowing much about said discipline
verb: being a gas wholesaler/pundit, talking intellectual sounding nonsense about any given scientific discipline, without knowing much about said discipline
boy : Is barium chloride edible?
mother: how dare you Victor? talking such nonsense when you've been educated in one of the best private schools in the country? Please do us all a favor, stop hitting the sauce, all right? And if you're going to continue hitting the sauce like that, our relationship will start to hit the fan itself, and I'll kick you out of this house. I won't stand for it to have a pundit sauce hitter in my house.
mother: how dare you Victor? talking such nonsense when you've been educated in one of the best private schools in the country? Please do us all a favor, stop hitting the sauce, all right? And if you're going to continue hitting the sauce like that, our relationship will start to hit the fan itself, and I'll kick you out of this house. I won't stand for it to have a pundit sauce hitter in my house.
hitting the sauce by Uncle Dimma September 15, 2013
bean-hooked
there is one major difference between someone who is hopped up on the bean and someone bean-hooked; bean-hooked people aren';t necessarily hyper over caffeinated after drinking one too many cuppas in the morning.
bean-hooked by Uncle Dimma September 15, 2013
vox populii
a) Latin phrase meaning 'in the voice of the people',
b) (adj, preceded by in,) written, spoken or explained in a non-scientific, non convoluted terms that are comprehensible even to the least educated of people, i.e the masses.
c) The theoretical name of a theoretical newspaper that is supposed to be written by the masses for the masses
b) (adj, preceded by in,) written, spoken or explained in a non-scientific, non convoluted terms that are comprehensible even to the least educated of people, i.e the masses.
c) The theoretical name of a theoretical newspaper that is supposed to be written by the masses for the masses
son: Dad, please explain my chemistry homework to me in vox populii; i don't get it.
father: I am neither Templar Knight nor Fanatical Turk, I am neither here to explain to you your homework in vox populii, because you are in private school and are supposed to brew your own vegetable soup and learn things on your own, and neither am I here to do your homework for you, because you won't learn anything.
father: I am neither Templar Knight nor Fanatical Turk, I am neither here to explain to you your homework in vox populii, because you are in private school and are supposed to brew your own vegetable soup and learn things on your own, and neither am I here to do your homework for you, because you won't learn anything.
vox populii by Uncle Dimma September 15, 2013
to discover
If you are a habitual serial murderer you can be telling me your limo is triple parked all you bloody want; you are not the brightest lightbulb in the chandelier, contrary to what you may think of yourself. Forensic science is there to discover exactly what the 5 journalistic w's and h are in your specific case.
to discover by Uncle Dimma September 14, 2013
kiss Don Corleone's ring, or die
a phrase coming from -where else? If you said Mario Puzo's The Godfather you guessed right- meaning, doff me a hat and respect my authority or else...
mother: I am taking over as the Don Corleone of this house; enough is enough. David. you are such a rotten apple. now it's time for you to either kiss Don Corleone's ring, or die.
David: Since I am too late to save your sinking Titanic, I mean my sinking Titanic, what are the consequences.
mother: either you are going to save your sinking Titanic or you can shack up with your girlfriend and try to flap your own wings. The ball is in your half court.
David: Since I am too late to save your sinking Titanic, I mean my sinking Titanic, what are the consequences.
mother: either you are going to save your sinking Titanic or you can shack up with your girlfriend and try to flap your own wings. The ball is in your half court.
kiss Don Corleone's ring, or die by Uncle Dimma September 14, 2013
either you eat bacon, or you are wrong
a phrase meaning
N.B.: this phrase is said to make someone look silly/ridiculous
a) "there is no point in arguing with you because you adamantly continue claiming your point of view, even in the face of scientific evidence (or mass popular opinion in the secular world) to the contrary."
N.B.: this phrase is said to make someone look silly/ridiculous
a) "there is no point in arguing with you because you adamantly continue claiming your point of view, even in the face of scientific evidence (or mass popular opinion in the secular world) to the contrary."
Aunt Petunia : Harry, you dress so terribad.
Harry : lol. either you eat bacon, or you are wrong, right? If i would conduct an opinion poll among Hogwarts students, 100% of them would say I dress normally for my school and my generation.
Harry : lol. either you eat bacon, or you are wrong, right? If i would conduct an opinion poll among Hogwarts students, 100% of them would say I dress normally for my school and my generation.
either you eat bacon, or you are wrong by Uncle Dimma September 14, 2013