Definitions by Gnostic1
drughale
v. To inhale drugs. Originally used by medical personnel when describing inhalation of therapeutic medicines into the lungs it is now largely used by street drug users to describe consumption of illicit drugs, in large amounts, by any route.
mondo-morto
adj. very deceased. A word created in homage to Gualtiero Jacopetti, the recently deceased Italian director of Mondo Cane, a movie whose title inspired people who largely didn't speak Italian or Latin to create a variety of parodizing phrases, viz; Mondo Druggo, Mondo Tempo etc.
mondo-morto by gnostic1 August 24, 2011
Gravelgold
place. neglected, forlorn former gold-mining town located where Alaska, British Columbia and the Yukon Territory intersect. Since the placer deposits played out in 1899 it is no longer large enough or robust enough to be officially a town. It is, in fact, currently struggling to retain its hamlet status.
Novelty stores selling fool's gold to tourists, several petting zoos featuring wounded native fauna, a convalescent hospital featuring wounded natives, a used book store and a combination first-aid staion and bicycle repair shop can be found in the optimistically-named downtown area. A knick-knack maintenance facility is slated to open out by the abandoned Malaprop Mine in 2013.
Currently gravel production is the major industry with most of the heavy work being done by the local rivers and glaciers. Sorting, bagging and marketing is done through a co-operative association in conjunction with the Canadian Gravel Board.
Although there is currently no highway into the area a variety of cutlines and logging trails provide access and egress for ATV enthusiasts while a landing strip on the river accomodates tourists in bush-planes, who mostly come for the Northern Lights Fiesta and stay for the the abandoned mines where groups of chilly kids are often trapped.
A good variety of sports such as pond hockey, river hockey and lake hockey keep the locals amused. A school is in the planning stages and amateur theatrics are staged at the Generals Store most month-ends.
Novelty stores selling fool's gold to tourists, several petting zoos featuring wounded native fauna, a convalescent hospital featuring wounded natives, a used book store and a combination first-aid staion and bicycle repair shop can be found in the optimistically-named downtown area. A knick-knack maintenance facility is slated to open out by the abandoned Malaprop Mine in 2013.
Currently gravel production is the major industry with most of the heavy work being done by the local rivers and glaciers. Sorting, bagging and marketing is done through a co-operative association in conjunction with the Canadian Gravel Board.
Although there is currently no highway into the area a variety of cutlines and logging trails provide access and egress for ATV enthusiasts while a landing strip on the river accomodates tourists in bush-planes, who mostly come for the Northern Lights Fiesta and stay for the the abandoned mines where groups of chilly kids are often trapped.
A good variety of sports such as pond hockey, river hockey and lake hockey keep the locals amused. A school is in the planning stages and amateur theatrics are staged at the Generals Store most month-ends.
Never mind Anchorage. This weekend we should visit Gravelgold. We could maybe go to a petting zoo and visit that cantankerous author who lives in the woods near there.
Have you had a Rabies shot?
No, but he has ... so we should be safe.
Have you had a Rabies shot?
No, but he has ... so we should be safe.
Gravelgold by gnostic1 August 23, 2011
drifter
n. 1) radical skateboarding move in which one moves transversely across a sloped surface so as to induce a skid of the rear wheels.
2) a stock movie character who has a hidden, damaging past and a big heart ... which he usually keeps in a gunnysack.
3) a sexual euphemism.
2) a stock movie character who has a hidden, damaging past and a big heart ... which he usually keeps in a gunnysack.
3) a sexual euphemism.
drafting
v. 1) reducing wind resistance by tucking in behind a moving object while riding a skateboard, bike, racecar, hospital stretcher etc.
2) a sexual act.
2) a sexual act.
Llandwbllllwydd
place. Welsh mining village nestled in the Snowdonian range in Glamorgan. Twice voted the least pronouceable place on the planet.
Quilt making, poetry composition and pneumoconiosis are the backbones of the economy.
Quilt making, poetry composition and pneumoconiosis are the backbones of the economy.
Llandwbllllwydd by gnostic1 August 17, 2011