Brian X's definitions

earworm

A song that won't go away, and gets stuck in your head. Makes you want to tear your ears out; unfortunately, deafness can't cure it because it's in there for good.

Oh, I don't know... "Seasons in the Sun", "Muskrat Love", "Lovefool"...

by Brian X October 20, 2003

SNAFU

Old WWII Army term. Until the recent (last ten years or so) resurgence of fubar, was the only one anyone remembered.

by Brian X May 3, 2003

Sinfest

The Bloom County of sex and religion.

Did you read that Sinfest strip? That 'Nique is a hottie in her beatnik beret.

by Brian X July 1, 2003

plan 9

1. Shorthand for the Bela Lugosi/Ed Wood movie that held the title "Worst of all Time", even though "Manos" was worse and "Battlefield Earth" eclipsed it.
2. The sequel to Unix. Nobody's ever heard of it, but apparently it's pretty cool.

by Brian X May 3, 2003

barratry

The abuse of lawsuits and the legal system to harrass or intimidate a victim. A popular pastime in the United States.

Both the RIAA and the Church of Scientology have broken new ground in the field of barratry.

by Brian X August 27, 2003

hard drive

An object mounted inside a computer that holds data. Not to be confused with the computer itself, the hard drive in the average desktop computer is made of metal and is about the size of a mass-market paperback book.

He said he was having a problem with a port on the hard drive... of course he'd actually blown the controller chip on his USB card and the hard drive was just fine. I didn't know whether to applaud the fact that he knew what the problem was or cry because he still didn't know the right words for it.

by Brian X October 21, 2003

Pole smoker

A person who prepares kielbasa. (Think about it...

Well, he was talking about some kind of sausage, and his last name is Pienkowski...

by Brian X July 5, 2003