Definitions by Albert Miaskovsky
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!
perestroika by Albert Miaskovsky August 22, 2004
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky by Albert Miaskovsky August 22, 2004
Hemily
Hemily by Albert Miaskovsky May 4, 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.
frou frou by Albert Miaskovsky May 4, 2004
languor
Not only a sense of listlessness, lassitude, debility, torpor, ennui, and/or melancholy, but also a way of life wherein much time is spent lying around smoking opium, listenint to peaceful, hypnotizing music and making slow, passionate love amidst whisps of bluish smoke, while the night outside is damp, warm, and ineffably still.
languor by Albert Miaskovsky May 4, 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.
ennui by Albert Miaskovsky May 4, 2004
whimit
A popular Russian-American web community where materialistic youth gathers to flaunt newly acquired cars, breasts, and conservative/racist views instilled within them by their bitter Soviet expatriate parents.
Sasha, Natasha, Pasha, Dasha, and finally Masha all realized they were on Whimit and went out in black and silver Lexus Jeeps and Maximas to drive into the sea.
whimit by Albert Miaskovsky May 4, 2004