Fearman's definitions

tautology

A tautology is a reiteration of a term using one or more different successive synonyms.

Examples of tautology:

It was a wet rainy day with lots of precipitation.
She is a female woman of the opposite sex, John.
We could see some dilapidated ruins.

by Fearman December 30, 2007

silicon carne

Cyberporn. Pun on (hot-flavoured) chili con carne (chili with meat) and the silicon in the chips in your computer.

I surfed the web for the sites my friends from school had set up two or three years before and found myself looking at more and more silicon carne instead.

by Fearman January 8, 2008

sloe gin

Alcoholic beverage made by flavouring gin with the juices of sloes, the fruit of the blackthorn bush. The berries are picked traditionally in October to November, although global warming is edging this back into September. The best stuff is a deep shadowy red and tastes like a mixture of woodsmoke, sugar, fire, and something more sublime again. If you want the genuine article, make it yourself.

Good homemade sloe gin is the nectar of the gods.

by Fearman January 6, 2008

cryosculophobia

Morbid fear of one's lips making contact and freezing fast to the ice if one slips and falls flat on one's face while ice skating.

I've got cryosculophobia. There's no way I'm going out on these skates without a face guard.

by Fearman January 4, 2008

alloveniroscopophobia

Morbid and (possibly) irrational fear that if you decide to do something different every day the CIA may decide to keep a close eye on you.

Alloveniroscopophobia. (Possibly) a good reason to become a creature of habit.

by Fearman March 6, 2008

water nibbler

A total health freak. Someone who is cautious about consuming even distilled water.

Don't listen to those water nibblers worrying about calories, just eat sensibly and get some exercise.

by Fearman August 11, 2007

Lightning bitch

Or lightnin' bitch. Irish expression for a woman who is truly impossible, vile, sniping and otherwise waaay beyond disagreeable.

She left him outside the locked door in the rain for four hours because she wanted to clip her nails then screamed at him because on top of the other groceries, which were drenched, he'd forgotten to bring home the custard powder. What a lightning bitch.

by Fearman February 24, 2008