Lady Csyde's definitions
A song, story, or other work of art so abjectly depressing that it makes you want to hide all the sharp objects.
I don't know what I was thinking when I decided to put Paula Cole's classic 90s vein opener "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?" on a mix for listening to in the car. Totally inappropriate.
by Lady Csyde July 25, 2016
Get the vein openermug. A bag carried by a man to hold his stuff. Some people consider it a little effeminate, others don't really care. The ones who don't care are usually the ones who actually have a manpurse.
by Lady Csyde June 15, 2007
Get the manpursemug. A phallic green squash-like vegetable developed from a cross between a cucumber and a tribble. Reproduces by taking control of the mind of the grower and forcing them to give away mass quantities of fruit to people who already have too much zucchini to begin with.
Oh, no, here she comes with another bag of zucchini! Lock the door before she sneaks it into the house!
by Lady Csyde April 9, 2006
Get the zucchinimug. Refers to a market in imported items that are legal to own but are not supported in the country they're being bought from.
I have a cousin in the UK who likes to send me movies, so I bought a gray market PAL DVD player to watch them.
by Lady Csyde April 19, 2006
Get the gray marketmug. A term used by ham radio operators as a term of respect for a deceased ham. Comes from the Morse code prosign SK, which means "end of transmission".
W1AW went silent key many years ago, but the ARRL that he founded still uses his callsign to identify their station.
by Lady Csyde January 12, 2005
Get the silent keymug. A state of alert signifying the imminent arrival of an Apple product, usually a Macintosh computer, iPhone, or iPod. (Or, if you happen to be a collector of old tech, a Newton or Apple .)
He's been squeeing like a little girl ever since the credit card was approved. Full-out Code Newton.
by Lady Csyde December 2, 2009
Get the Code Newtonmug. When used by a writer (usually a columnist or a blogger), indicates that a description follows of one or more letters to the author that might be considered weird, hostile, or otherwise unusual. Comes from the title of a Perry Como album.
"So he tells me that I'm a bigot because I don't support the rights of husbands to beat their wives. I tell ya, we get letters."
by Lady Csyde March 31, 2007
Get the we get lettersmug.