Downstrike's definitions

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

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

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

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

ratchet jaw

In CB slanguage:

1. n. One who talks continually.

2. v. To talk continually.

3. v. To talk on the CB radio.

If you ratchet jaw, then you are a ratchet jaw.

by Downstrike May 30, 2004

lip off

To give lip; contradict, interrupt, or argue with someone.

That teen lips off at her Mom every chance she gets.

by Downstrike September 13, 2004

obstructionist

One who designs or acts in a way that obstructs others, making it difficult or impossible to do what needs to be done. Frequently uses conflict of interest to obstruct others. Also known as an asshole or duh-weeb, and most likely proud of it.

When you have to drive six blocks just to go around the corner, it's a good sign that the engineer who planned the city's one-way streets was an obstructionist.

For more examples, see bureaucracy, committee mentality, legislator, attorney, and corporation.

by Downstrike November 24, 2004