Definitions by Eugene206
49th parallel
Slang reference for the border between the United States and Canada. The 49th parallel of latitude does make up the western third of the U.S. - Canada border (the border dips south through the Great Lakes region), but the term refers to the entire border, referring to both the geographic and cultural divide between the two countries. Although scrutiny is understandably higher since 9/11, the border is still probably the most open international border in the world.
49th parallel by Eugene206 December 8, 2006
Christmas Graduate
University student that is kicked out of school halfway through the year due to poor academic performance.
Christmas Graduate by Eugene206 December 7, 2006
Pearl Harbor
1. (Historical) An undeclared attack by Japan on United States military installations in Hawaii (including the naval base at Pearl Harbor) on December 7, 1941 that led to the United States entering the Second World War.
2. A generic reference to a 'sneak attack' of any kind.
3. An awful 2001 movie, with fictional 'pretty boys' inserted into the historical events of Pearl Harbor in a similar way that Leonardo DiCaprio's character was inserted into the historical events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic in the movie of the same name. (One perceptive critic described the movie as "Titanic with bombs"). The movie was savaged by the critics, although it was a financial success. To see a reasonably accurate filmed history of Pearl Harbor, see Tora Tora Tora (1970).
2. A generic reference to a 'sneak attack' of any kind.
3. An awful 2001 movie, with fictional 'pretty boys' inserted into the historical events of Pearl Harbor in a similar way that Leonardo DiCaprio's character was inserted into the historical events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic in the movie of the same name. (One perceptive critic described the movie as "Titanic with bombs"). The movie was savaged by the critics, although it was a financial success. To see a reasonably accurate filmed history of Pearl Harbor, see Tora Tora Tora (1970).
1. The battleships U.S.S. Arizona and U.S.S. Oklahoma were destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
2. Are you trying to pull a Pearl Harbor on me?
3. The only way to watch the movie Pearl Harbor is on DVD, with liberal use of the fast forward button.
2. Are you trying to pull a Pearl Harbor on me?
3. The only way to watch the movie Pearl Harbor is on DVD, with liberal use of the fast forward button.
Pearl Harbor by Eugene206 November 17, 2006
Death Cruiser
Somewhat morbid nickname for the McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 airliner, after several prominent crashes with many fatalities. Nickname frequently used by aircraft mechanics that worked on them. (Its descendant, the MD-11 was known by the mechanics as "More Death II").
Death Cruiser by Eugene206 November 7, 2006
two waitresses to go with nothing on them
An interesting thing to order at a McDonalds drive through when you're pissed. (Yes, I actually did this, and no, I wasn't driving...)
Drive through speaker: Is that everything?
Drunk passenger: We'd also like two waitresses to go with nothing on them, please.
Drive though speaker: <Silence>
Drunk passenger: We'd also like two waitresses to go with nothing on them, please.
Drive though speaker: <Silence>
two waitresses to go with nothing on them by Eugene206 October 13, 2006
Licks
Kick-ass chain of burger joints in the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario. Puts everyone else's burgers to shame. If you're going to have a burger-and-fries meal, this is the place!
mcpizza
Lame mid-nineties attempt by McDonalds to sell pizza in their North American restaurants. Preceded by saturation marketing that scared the living daylights out of the regular pizza places, who figured that the Golden Arches was going to run them out of business. This didn't happen -- the resulting pizza was bland (like much of McD's food offerings), and most people who actually wanted pizza went to a pizza place like they always had. The company and its frachisees were left on the hook for expensive new ovens and widened drive through windows that weren't needed. Even saturation marketing wasn't enough to change the pizza habits of ordinary Americans, and McPizza was gradually abandoned, and generally forgotten. This was a sign that the Golden Arches wasn't always right, and a harbinger of the relative decline that McDonalds has since suffered relative to other fast food options.