retrograde revolution

The theory that history and culture (i.e. fashion, music etc.) repeats itself every couple of decades.

Its plausibility draws from the fact that most parents raise their children with the same ideas that their own parents asserted upon them.
There are many similarities between the war in Iraq today and the Vietnam war .. It's almost like a retrograde revolution.

Hopefully, a retrograde revolution involving the 60s and 70s will begin, and groups will actually start playing some real music.

The comeback of blazers is part of the retrograde revolution.
by Isabella June 09, 2005
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Uncle Chucks

A nickname for Converse Chuck Taylor shoes, used especially in the 1970s (when the white ones were popular).
by Isabella August 28, 2005
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mtv

1. A television corporation that many believe to have ruined music in itself. This, explained by Ozzy Osbourne, is because it took away all the excitement of listening to your favourite music, as before MTV existed people physically had to go watch their favourite bands play (whereas today, people have particularly easy--or lazy--access to their favourite music on television).
1. I wonder what the world would be like if MTV hadn't come along ...four thousand times better, perhaps?
by Isabella June 29, 2005
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led zeppelin

1. Pure magic in musical-group form.

2. A band whose fans are aware of the fact that they nicked a few songs, but still like them because ..well, they're awesome, and they paid for the nicks anyway.

3. A band whose fans pray each night for a reunion.

4. A band whose rumours about them just make them all the more interesting.
1. "I love Led Zeppelin," said Billy.

2. Led Zeppelin nicked "Gallows Pole" from Leadbelly without credit, but the song still rocks like no other, and was paid for nonetheless.

4. No, "Stairway to Heaven" does NOT have satanic messages, but it does make Led Zeppelin a tad bit more interesting, don't you think?
by Isabella July 13, 2005
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mocker

As coined in the 1964 Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night", a cross between a mod and a rocker.
"Are you a mod or a rocker?"
"Well ...I'm a mocker!"
by Isabella June 09, 2005
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wannarexia

A term given to the "condition" girls who WANT to have anorexia really have. They'll promote their "eating disorder" and tell everyone how little they've eaten and talk about how fat they think they are, whereas someone who actually has anorexia nervosa wouldn't promote this fact at all. What these wannarexic girls don't realize is that you can't force yourself to be anorexic, and if they truly knew how dark and lonely having anorexia is, they wouldn't wish it upon their worst enemies. They're really only doing it for attention, which is an issue in itself.
Priscilla just told me she had a carrot stick for dinner. She totally has wannarexia.
by Isabella December 18, 2009
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shame

1. An expression of shock or disgust, used mildly in the '60s and '70s.
1. Shame! I can't believe you just said that!

That girl's slept with every guy in town. Shame.
by Isabella June 29, 2005
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