Larstait's definitions

abstruse

Arcane, not known to many. Rare.

Also Try:
wordesoteric/word

Who's the Boss is not a food, Lois

by larstait October 13, 2003

decrepit

Broken down with age.

The decrepit vagabond morosely and conspicuously spied on the young and tempting females from a distance.

by Larstait November 14, 2003

Three-letter Agencies

The federal agencies comprised of three letters.

Usually refers to the ATF (bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms), CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), DOE (Department of Energy), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations), IRS (Internal Revenue Service) and NSA (National Security Agency)

by Larstait November 6, 2003

Trojan Horse

A virus-like program that pretends to be something else in order to get into the system.

From _The Iliad_, by famous dead poet Homer, when the Ithacans gained victory by hiding in a huge wood horse so they could get into Troy.

The Trojans were not in the gifted program at warfare school.

by Larstait November 6, 2003

trolly

Antiquated and out dated form of transportation. Also used in the term wordhop on the trolly/word. Which means catch the oppurtunity, get on the go, or do the latest trend.

Hop on the trolly!

by larstait October 11, 2003

hyphen

A symbol.

-

Separates many parts of speech--
a very useful part-of-speech symbol.

hrmph?

by larstait October 15, 2003

destitute

Without, sans, Lacking.

The conotative definition of destitute is without money.

by Larstait November 14, 2003