Lady Csyde's definitions

jargon file

www.catb.org/jargon, the world's greatest collection of geek slang.

I heard the word "bagbiter" the other day, so I went to the Jargon File to look it up.

by Lady Csyde January 8, 2004

we get letters

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

hockey hair

A mid-length, fluffyish mullet associated with hockey players, especially those from Canada and Eastern Europe in the 1990s. Compare football hair.

Now that's something you don't see anymore -- that guy's got the old-school hockey hair. Business in front, beating in the back.

by Lady Csyde January 6, 2008

Doreknob

A person, usually a self-proclaimed leftist, who is a fan of pseudoleftist podcaster and “comedian” Jimmy Dore. Usually the burned-out husk of a BernieBro; likely to be fond of saying “I didn’t leave the Left, the Left left me”.

He used to be a BernieBro; now he can't stand Bernie so he became a Doreknob. I wonder if anyone's remind him that a leftist should never be a Trump supporter.

by Lady Csyde March 3, 2024

TI-83

A device created by Texas Instruments primarily as a productivity sink for math students. Has long since been replaced by models capable of creating even more distraction (like the TI-84 Plus).

It is true that I would never have gotten through college calculus without my TI-83, but seriously -- what did my professor think I was doing with it out in the middle of friggin' July with all the other summer school tards?

by Lady Csyde January 9, 2007

golf clap

A quiet clap appropriate for a golf course. On fark.com, implies a certain level of sarcasm in the applause.

He wanted us to be impressed. I showed him just how impressed I was with the golf clap.

by Lady Csyde January 7, 2004

black market

Refers to a illegal market; that is, a market in illegal (such as drugs or prostitution) or unregulated (such as cigarettes or prescription drugs) goods and services such that the buyer and seller are both violating the laws of the jurisdiction in which the trade happens.

Did you hear the RatShack manager down the street got arrested for selling black market radar detectors in Connecticut?

by Lady Csyde June 20, 2006