Larstait's definitions

Cogent

Forcible, convincing.

"Why, I'll be as pink as a pistle." "Pink as a pistle? I can't even form a cogent simile anymore." -
Stewie

by Larstait November 14, 2003

jukebox

Machine that plays music!

Can be the label of lots of different things, such as jukebox on your computer.

by larstait October 14, 2003

Anarchy file

A file (usually text) that details such actions as how to brew nitroglycerin and other destructive things; the name is most likely inspired by the venerable _Anarchist Cookbook_, which deals with explosives and makes references to militant anarchism and anarcho-nihilism.

From Greek, "a," meaning nobody, and "-archy," meaning "rule." The "n" is in there because it's too hard to pronounce "aarchy."

by LarstaiT November 6, 2003

queue

A line for waiting.

You are in queue.

by Larstait November 15, 2003

adulation

Extreme admiration.

Few young actors had received greater adulation than did Marlon Brando after his performance in wordA Streetcar Named Desire/word.

by LarstaiT November 10, 2003

ASCII art

Art done in plain text. This is fairly difficult. Portraits of people done in ASCII art usually only work if the person has some major distinguishing characteristics.

From American Standard Code for Information Interchange, the set of bits created in the 1980s to represent characters.

by LarstaiT November 6, 2003

capricious

Unpredictable, willful, whimsical.

The pop star Madonna has changed her image so many times that each new transformation now appears capricious rather than purposeful.

by LarstaiT November 10, 2003