Downstrike's definitions

corporate personhood

The legal doctrine by which a corporation is called an entity instead of property of a person who owns it.

The result of corporate personhood is that corporations have more rights than people do.

Corporate personhood has been outlawed by the city or Arcata, California.

by Downstrike September 13, 2004

mantiques

A niche of the antique industry that caters specifically to men, with merchandise such as railroad, firefighting, and shaving memorabilia, old pin-ups, knives, weapons, GI Joes, toy guns, and cars. A play on words, combining man and antique.

Several vendors at the Loleta antique show offer nothing but mantiques.

by Downstrike October 9, 2005

Oly

Short for Olympia.

You only call Olympia Oly if you're talking about the beer, or if you're trying desperately to be funny. Very, very desperately, and more trying than funny.

by Downstrike December 26, 2004

pavement pizza

May also refer to road kill.

The reason why buzzards have buzzard breath is that they prefer their pavement pizza warmed over on the asphalt solar griddle.

by Downstrike August 27, 2005

CBer

Someone who uses a radidio.

It isn't much use being a CBer unless you have your ears on.

by Downstrike September 15, 2004

You can't possibly be flying

A statement following the exclamation, "Oh My GOD!", that one is most likely to hear after throwing one's self at the ground and missing. See throw yourself at the ground and miss.

If you have thrown yourself at the ground and missed, it is vitally important that you do not believe the statement, "you can't possibly be flying", when you hear it. Otherwise, you will suddenly discover that it is true.

by Downstrike May 23, 2004

when

1. Conditional, based upon time, event, or circumstances.

2. Slang, specific to junk mail advertising lotteries and sweepstakes to persuade as many duh-weebs as possible who haven't even entered a sweepstakes that they have already won: "if".

1. When you finish your chores, you may play; when it's dark, come inside.

2. You are guaranteed to win at least $250,000 when you return the winning number to us. (The fact that the recipient does not have the winning number, so he may as well go fly a kite, is not expressed.)

by Downstrike October 17, 2004