Bill Peters's definitions

cretinous

(adj) Cretin-like, idiotic, boorish (Word found in many early 20th Cent dictionaries has enjoyed recent slang usage, especially among hackers. “Crétin” is a not entirely respected French dialectal term for a deformed or retarded person)

Brittney Spears is a cretinous poster-girl.

by Bill Peters November 11, 2006

side hustle

Sideline that brings in cash; something other than your main job. Maybe playing weekend gigs or life coaching. SELLING AMWAY IS NOT A SIDE HUSTLE -- it's just a stupid way to alienate your friends.

When start up your own business you probably want to get some side hustle going. Maybe a small low stress consulting job on how to get a side hustle going.

by Bill Peters October 9, 2006

something else

Person or happenstance with unusual, funny, quirky, and strange -- perhaps bizzarre -- qualities

Michael Jackson is FOR SURE something else.

by Bill Peters October 14, 2006

Doodly-squat

Of no significance, rank or importance. The word “doodle” was in wide slang usage throughout the 19th Century to mean a fool, a clueless soldier or a penis. The term was in wide use during the Great Depression and was joined by the updated version "diddly-shit" in the 1960s.

“My gal is red hot (Your gal ain't doodly-squat)”
-- from the oft-covered 1950s song "Red Hot"

by Bill Peters October 7, 2006

blue star

(n) A wide-spread and long-lived ridiculous scare during the 1980s and 1990s about LSD laced tattoos using a blue star design. Supposedly temporary tattoos were handed out to unsuspecting middle school students during recess. The tattoos were said to leach LSD through the skin. Dozens of law enforcement agencies and health departments, starting with the New Jersey Police Department Narcotics Bureau in 1980, have issued warnings about this “blotter acid” -- none of which is remotely true. Over the years scores of different flyers have been handed out to local PTAs throughout the country, often produced at home by scared but well-meaning and clueless parents, asserting that LSD tattoos bearing the designs of Mickey Mouse (as Sorcerers Apprentice), butterflies, clowns, red pyramids, colored microdots, and even Bart Simpson, were making the rounds of local school yards. Law enforcement and health agencies now know the information was untrue, but the hoax still is recycled on use-net groups.

Ironic blow-back:

Many professional tatoo artists report that a favorite request is for blue star tattoos.

by Bill Peters November 11, 2006

all that

Top quality, admired. Really hot shit. So good your shit even smells good.

A person who thinks they are “all that” believes they people should buy them lunch and open doors for them. They think they are so hot and sophisicated that they can attract anybody.

In the old days we'd have a saying for women who thought they were "all that" -------- Miss Fine Thang. The whole block would be in on it -- little kids would follow her down the street ridiculing her "Oh my, you walk SO FINE".

And people would be calling her that all her life.

by Bill Peters November 6, 2006

ballpark

(n) (1) A same general vicinity or idea as something else; an estimate of the scope and range of something.
(vb) (2) To estimate or approximate.

(1) He's looking for a used car in the $5000 ballpark.

(2) I'd ballpark Derek Jeter's life earnings to be about $200 million.

by Bill Peters November 24, 2006