Definitions by Anthony Brancato

PDW 

Possession of a dangerous (or deadly) weapon in violation of applicable laws.

After finding a gun on the seat of the car in plain sight, the officer slapped handcuffs on the suspect while telling him, "You're under arrest for felony PDW."

PDW by Anthony Brancato April 20, 2003

Guidoville 

A neighborhood where many Guidos live or are thought to live, such as the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn in New York City.

Shortly after the death of Yusuf Hawkins in Bensonhurst in 1989, columnist Pete Hamill wrote a highly controversial column in the New York Post entitled, "The Lesson of Howard Beach Was Lost on the Punks of Guidoville."

Guidoville by Anthony Brancato April 20, 2003

cuckold 

A person (formerly only a man, but now one of either gender) who is the spouse of an adulterer.

During the Clinton Administration, Hillary Rodham Clinton was sometimes sarcastically referred to as "The First Cuckold."

cuckold by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003

baby bust 

A sharp or prolonged decline in the birth rate, such as that which occurred in the United States from 1958 through 1968.

After 1957, the U.S. birth rate (per 1,000 population) declined for eleven consecutive years - the longest baby bust on record.

baby bust by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003

Cocytus 

The river of lamentation, one of the five rivers of Hades in classical mythology; later adapted by Dante as the ninth and lowest circle of Hell.

At the center of the eighth circle is a deep well, at the bottom of which is found the ninth circle, known as Cocytus.

Cocytus by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003

Art Deco 

The predominant style of architecture, interior design etc. in North America and most of Europe during the 1930s.

The streamlined, geometric design motifs of Art Deco (from 1925) prevailed throughout the 1930s.

Art Deco by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003

LIPNOP 

Life In Prison, NO Parole; a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, as for murder.

There is a growing movement in many states to replace the death penalty with LIPNOP, which stands for "life in prison, no parole."

LIPNOP by Anthony Brancato April 19, 2003