Lady Chevalier's definitions

50's Man

A wholesome-looking black and white clip art character that has been used in recent years to humorously promote drugs, violence, and alcohol.

By this point in time, he's a seedy cliché seen on out-of-style book covers, posters, and T-shirts. It's not funny anymore, guys. It doesn't make you trendy or ironic, and you're not sticking it to anything.

It just makes you look like an idiot who gets off on beating dead horses.

50's Man has now gone out of style twice. He is so 2003.

by Lady Chevalier August 26, 2005

grammer nazis

Those people whose greatest thrill in life is pointing out that the correct spelling is, in fact, grammar nazis.

I prefer the term Grammar Mongol, myself. Nazi is a little cliché these days.

by Lady Chevalier August 24, 2005

CCEBs

Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans.

2 grams of crunchy, delicious, chocolate-coated hyper.

Available at your local coffeeshop.

by Lady Chevalier August 23, 2005

braggartist

Self-important or artistically-inclined person whose only conversation topics center around himself, his art, and his isolation from pop-culture and society. Extremely vocal; unable or unwilling to accept that not everything “mainstream” is bad. Typically wears Bohemian garb and listens to public radio; is unreasonably proud of his “reject” status in society. Frequently found in and around Liberal Arts colleges.

I am sick and tired of listening to Meredith talk about how no one understands her or her art. She is such a braggartist.

You know, there’s “good” eclectic, and then there’s “bad” eclectic. I’m all for soy nuts and public radio, but some of these braggartists are just crazy.

by Lady Chevalier July 28, 2005

syntaste

A shorthand term for synaesthesia, a condition involving the "mix and matching" of the five senses.

Do you hear that? It's this high pitched, coppery-tasting buzzing noise.

by Lady Chevalier July 28, 2005

Your Mom Goes To Collage

An insult regarding the artistic ability of a person's female parent, especially in regards to the cutting-up and re-gluing of pictures from magazines.

Found especially among students of Graphic or Interior Design, as no one else cares (or knows) about the artistic abilities of their mother.

This insult is perhaps a parody of misspelling/mispronunciation of Kip Dynamite's crushing yet witty line your mom goes to college.

Graphic Design Student: You wouldn't know an "Interior" if it were labled--in chartreuse!
Interior Design Student: Oh, yeah? You call *that* "graphic design"? I made better collages than that when I was three!
Graphic Design Student: Your mom goes to collage.
Interior Design Student: *runs away crying*

by Lady Chevalier July 18, 2005

like a leech

Comical phrase used to emphasize suckiness of person, event, location, object, or idea.

Used because leeches, by definition (and life function) suck.

See also: like a vacuum, does what a Hoover does

This game sucks like a box full of leeches.

by Lady Chevalier July 18, 2005