Joel D. Parker's definitions

xantippe

A shrewish wife. From Xantippe, the wife of Socrates.

e.g., Amazing how fast a new wife turns into a xantippe as soon as the honeymoon is over.

by Joel D. Parker September 26, 2006

quadtwitcher

Someone who constantly gesticulates the double quotation marks with the index and middle fingers of both hands while they talk.

The new lecturer in philosophy was such a quadtwitcher I thought he'd develop carpal tunnel.

by Joel D. Parker September 26, 2006

booth bait

Very attractive girls placed in corporate exhibit booths as hostesses in high tech conventions and exhibitions, hired as consultants for the occasion to lure nerds into the booth.

The Tech Con this year is replete with booth bait up and down the main exhibit aisle.

by Joel D. Parker September 26, 2006

slash

Deep South frathouse term meaning to throw up,

I drank so much of that cheap wine I had to slash.

by Joel D. Parker September 27, 2006