Definitions by Johnny Z. Styles

red neck noise 

music that is considered low-brow, worthless and/or socially irrelevant by visible minorities and the middle- and upper-classes. Heavy metal, country and country-western music are considered red neck noise.

A: That white boy in Bravo Company kept me up all night with his red neck noise.

B: Fo Real? What plastic was he spinnin'?

A: Gawd damn Metallica and Johnny Cash, yo.

red neck noise by Johnny Z. Styles June 21, 2010

persona non grata 

(adjective): a person who is not liked and is therefore unwelcome or unacceptable.

(1) After I drank all the beer and wine at the first frat party in September I was persona non grata among the party crowd for the rest of my college days.

(2) After his public sex scandal Tiger Woods was persona non grata at his wife's parent's house.

persona non grata by Johnny Z. Styles June 19, 2010

HMB 

Abbreviation for "high maintenance bitch."

I dated this girl for 6 weeks and out of nowhere she asked me to buy her a $700 gold necklace. I dumped the HMB right there and then.

HMB by Johnny Z. Styles June 11, 2010

passed over 

"Passed over" means that someone has been denied a well-deserved promotion or bonus.

Professor Smith, who has been with the university for 26 years, was passed over for tenure; the blonde woman professor with the long legs and big boobs got tenure though, despite working at the university for only 2 years.

passed over by Johnny Z. Styles May 31, 2010

counter-terrorism

(n.) counter-terrorism refers to offensive measures taken to deter, prevent and respond to terrorism.

Before the 2010 Vancouver Olympics began all the manhole covers in and around the city were welded closed as a counter-terrorism measure.

counter-terrorism by Johnny Z. Styles May 31, 2010

recurving 

Leaving one job to take another that pays less but places one back on the learning curve.

Bill quit his job at Garvo Industries and took a new job with Oigle Tech so he could learn about the newest software programming applications. He justified this job move on the grounds of recurving.

recurving by Johnny Z. Styles May 31, 2010

historical stasis 

To live in a time when nothing of importance or significance seems to happen. Symptoms of living in a historical stasis include addiction to the Internet, magazines, and television news programs.

Compared to the exciting and sometimes volatile 1960s, the 1970s was a period of historical stasis.

historical stasis by Johnny Z. Styles May 31, 2010