letter-bender

To fill time between jobs by furiously writing letters and sending out cv's.
I am trying to make my first feature film so am now on a crazy letter-bender trying to apply for every funding opportunity going.

I'm sure you'll get a good job by going on a letter bender.
by GIADA D. March 07, 2007
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Hooping

To spin hula hoops for fun, for exercise or as a performance.
The last time I went raving, I couldn't believe how many people were hooping!

I love hooping it is way more fun then going to the gym and it totally tones my abs.
by Giada D. August 14, 2009
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shiki miki

German urban slang word generally meaning Kitsch.
Also now used as an ironic, tongue-in-cheek replacement for cool and fun.
That whole wedding was so shiki miki
ie: Tacky but fun

I think your look is incredibly shiki miki
ie: tacky but well-considered so cool!
by GIADA D. March 06, 2007
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Artwear

Clothing and accessories customised by an artist.
Wearable art.
Artwear is totally unique as each item is hand-made.

White Vans are the perfect blank canvas for an artwear project.

Your artwear is absolutely one-of-a-kind.
by Giada D. June 21, 2009
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Gurbanuru

An Urban Guru.
An inspiring person with good advice and an objective opinion, also with few airs and graces.
Usually in the yogic sense but also adaptable to cultural experts or humanitarians.
Usually slightly older as it takes time and experience to become a Gurbanuru.
On the way home I bumped into a Gurbanuru on the subway...this totally random person who gave me incredible advice on love and relationships.

A Gurbanuru knows what the world we live in is really like and has a good balance of enlightenment and practically; also a good understanding of popular culture.

Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Shakti Mhi, David Sye, Terry McBride, Douglas Coupland, William Gibson and many others..
by Giada D. August 14, 2009
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kitsch

Collectible, nostalgia inducing products, artworks or people.
At some point mass produced and at a later point rising in value and sentimentality.
Souvenires, paraphernalia and memorabilia.
written off as junk by the untrained eye. Appreciated as naive and beautiful by those wityh a discerning eye and a refined sense of aesthetic.
The artwork of Jeff Koons, David La Chappelee and Pierre et Gilles is so Kitsch!

Essentially anything collectible is Kitsch.

At first glance this may seem like a pile of junk, but it is actually a large collection of collectibles and kitsch which people will probably pay a lot of money for on ebay.
by GIADA D. March 07, 2007
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low-fi

Something creative made cheaply, independently or on a very low-budget.
Checkout my latest low-fi music video on youtube.

I've been playing around with a drum machine and some broken old toy instruments to create a very low-fi sound.

Low-fi means more inventiveness and less pressure.

I'm putting together a last minute low-fi multi-media gig for SXSW- you never know who might show up.
by Giada D. June 28, 2009
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