Downstrike's definitions

gotspamit

God damn it, my inbox is full of spam!

Gotspamit, there's nothing here worth reading!

by Downstrike May 28, 2004

Frisco

Californiese slang for San Francisco, the place where no one can afford to both work and live. It's one of those few Californiese slangs that people from other places learn to say, thinking it will make them sound like they've actually been to California, and the one that San Franciscans refuse to say, because they resent being Californiese. As foggy as Frisco is, they still haven't the foggiest idea what to be; they're simply sure that Californiese isn't it.

"Frisco" originated during the California Gold Rush, when people were too busy trying to make their fortunes to pronounce all the syllables that the Spanish missionaries had thought place names needed. The Spanish originally named it San Francisco de Asís, but that was just impractical.

Only people who can afford not to work can afford to live in Frisco. Anyone who works there lives some place like San Jose or Santa Rosa. In turn, those displace so many people in San Jose and Santa Rosa that anyone working in those cities can't afford to live there, and live some place like Ukiah or Modesto instead, making sure that California's prime agriculture land gets paved over with tracts of homes that sit empty all day long until the owners come back at night, after one hella miserable one or two hour commute, and pretend to live there.

by Downstrike September 3, 2005

word whisker

An irrelevant, meaningless word or noise that is interjected into speech when the speaker has run out of words, but is determined to keep on speaking.

The outward symptom of a serious psychologically induced speech impediment.

Well, um... I er, ah, well you know, like it's like this you see, I really don't have anything to say. But it makes me feel really important to hear myself talking.

-or-

Well fuck, you shoulda fuckin been there. He fuckin said fuck, and she fuckin said fuck what. And he fuckin said, fuck that! Not fuck, but fuckin fuck because I didn't fuckin really mean fuck. And she fuckin asked him when was he gonna get fuckin serious about fuckin puttin his fuckin dick where his fuckin mouth is? He didn't fuckin know whether to fuckin go suck himself or get fuckin laid!

by Downstrike November 13, 2004

moral standards

Standards of behavior and association based upon one's moral values.

Do your moral standards allow you to associate with people who have lower moral values?

by Downstrike May 25, 2004

drunk

The sort of experience most people aren't familiar with, though it almost happened on Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

If you really need to know what it's like to be drunk, just drink a glass of water of water and ask it.

by Downstrike October 24, 2004

conflict of interest

A financial, emotional, reputational, or other personal interest in any matter held by a person having authority over the same matter. Tking advantage of authority over such a self-serving personal interest may be considered criminal. At the very least, it is usually harmful to others.

Most legislators either already have been, or eventually become lawyers, so they abuse their conflict of interest over legislation to make sure that laws are conducive to the job security of lawyers and legislators.

by Downstrike May 21, 2004

slam

A particular form of fraud in which an unscrupulous phone company switches you from your chosen long distance carrier to them, without your consent or knowledge.

Get your PIC frozen, or some company with high LD rates can slam you.

by Downstrike August 5, 2005