Ian Maxwell's definitions

for the hell of it

for no particular or important reason.

I have no practical use for the Finnish language, but I'm studying it for the hell of it.

by Ian Maxwell December 13, 2002

Nintendo hard

(applied to videogames) As difficult as a typical game for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (i.e., ridiculously difficult).

No, seriously, I mean the minigames are hard. Like, Nintendo hard.

by Ian Maxwell March 9, 2003

in like

Analogous phrase to "in love", to describe one's feelings for a person that one is interested in romantically but not currently in love with. As one can love another as a friend but not be *in* love, so can one like another as a friend but not be *in* like.

I think I'm in like with that girl we met last week.

by Ian Maxwell July 31, 2003

ouchy

synonym for "painful".

by Ian Maxwell December 5, 2002

mullet

A person with a mullet (see definition 1).

Psst! Mullet at five o'clock!

by Ian Maxwell October 15, 2002

code monkey

A programmer who isn't actually involved in any aspect of conceptual or design work, but simply writes code to specifications given.

Nah, I'm not really a web *designer*, just a code monkey.

by Ian Maxwell July 4, 2004

borken

Broken.

Sorry about the downtime, the server's hard disk was borken.

by Ian Maxwell February 6, 2003