Albert Miaskovsky's definitions

Gorbachev

1. In short, "da man"

2. The man who aided the dilapidated, mud-splattered Soviet people in obtaining the freedom they desired by liberalizing the Soviet system in unprecendened ways.

If it weren't for Gorbachev, we'd still be wearing Adias sweatpants and sandals with socks.....

oh wait...

by Albert Miaskovsky August 22, 2004

ennui

A sense of apathy and lassitude brought about by either societal or personal stagnation. Akin to languor, but more closely tied to existentialism and post-war Europe.

As seen in the film L'Avventura, by Michelangelo Antonioni. As characterized in post-war European literature.

by Albert Miaskovsky May 4, 2004

vergucci

A combination of the trademark names 'Versace' and 'Gucci'

She bought 50K worth of vergucci on his platinum.

by Albert Miaskovsky May 13, 2005

perestroika

The economical programme pioneered by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986, including social reform in the name of glasnost, allowing more economical and political freedoms to the Soviet populace. As populary mentioned, this programme was not the cause of the collapse of the already weakened Soviet Union but merely a catalyst for that inevitable event.

Perestroika was a step in the right direction, allowing the populace of the USSR to formulate their own devices for the future, thereby collapsing the USSR atop themselves, willingly and rightfully. Hail Mikhail Gorbachev!

by Albert Miaskovsky August 22, 2004

belijvolk

white wolf (in Russian, transliterated from the Cyrillic). A word sometimes used in the Russian-American community of NYC to refer to gaudy taste and watered down, filtered-through ideas, notions, and actions stemming therefrom.

Misha- Kolya, have you seen the new Bloomingdales display on 59th?

Kolya - Yea..it was MAD belijvolk, why?

Misha - I thought so too. It's dreary and tasteless.

Kolya - Tell me about it...

by Albert Miaskovsky April 5, 2010

The Revolution

1. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917

2. The phantom changes that will come about in the near-to-distant future; often uttered with bewildered, watery eyes gazing into a bleak distance, typically an overcast, smog-ridden urban skyline.

We shall elect a gay woman president....after the revolution.

by Albert Miaskovsky March 11, 2004

frou frou

A variety show popular in Paris and environs from the about 1870s to the 1920s immortalized by the lavish and erotic for their time outfits of the female dancers, which consisted of feathered boas, layered underskirts and ruffly undergarments which were exposed during lively dancing numbers.

See infamous 1900 print 'FROU FROU' by Lucien-Henri Weiluc.

by Albert Miaskovsky May 4, 2004