Definitions by Lorelili

virgin

Someone who doesn't give a fuck.

Thought to be an endangered species, with fewer and fewer of them in high school and even middle school with each passing set of students.

"Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence."

"I remember a girl named Virginia. We called her 'Virgin', for short, but not for long."

"Virgin + Mother = Virgin Mother = Oxymoron."

virgin by Lorelili January 16, 2006

cry

Obsolete: To call out, to scream.

Nowadays: To weep, to shed tears, most often from emotional distress.

I cried for several hours for my first boyfriend, terrified that his father would kick him out when he found out about us.

At the Rio Grande, on nights with a full moon, La Llorona can be heard crying by the river, searching for her lost children, in some tales drowning any (child) that she mistakes as one of her own.

cry by Lorelili January 13, 2006

ass 

Originally just the name for the donkey, this word had no filthy connotations until about the late 1700s, early 1800s, when the pronunciation of true (English) word for the backside, "arse", had changed enough to sound much like "ass", seeing as how the English often don't pronounce the "r" when they speak.

To avoid any unwanted baggage associated with the word, the name of the ass was changed to "donkey". As a result, the word "arse" has disappeared from American vocabulary.

Although before World War I they were similar, the British pronunciations of "ass" /æs/ and "arse" /ɑːs/ are now very different.

-"Joe, how do you say donkey in Spanish?"
-"Burro."
-"How would you spell it?"
-"B-U-R-R-O-W."
-"... it seems that you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground."

ass by Lorelili January 10, 2006

son of a bitch 

A term for somebody (usually a male) that you hate with a passion. An asshole.

Son of a bitch in different languages:

Gaelic: Mac ghalla
Welsh: Ap ast
Spanish: Hijo de una puta
Portuguese: Filho de una puta
Italian: Figlio di una puta
French: Fils de une putain
Dutch: Zoon van een kutwijf
German: Sohn eines Schlampe

son of a bitch by Lorelili January 9, 2006

h'orsh'it 

Some feminists trying to find a word to replace the sexist words "he" and "she" have put together "he or she, it" and condensed it into this little word: "h'orsh'it". This is likely not what they had in mind.

-"Who was at the parking lot that night?"
-"I don't know. H'orsh'it was obscured by the shadow."

h'orsh'it by Lorelili January 6, 2006

femme fatale 

A beautiful, seductive, and usually evil female character in drama and literature. She is usually shown as a cruel, man-eating seductress. (Straight) men fall victim to her beauty and are eventually brought to ruin by her. The femme fatale is often a secret agent and/or a spy.

Another word for femme fatale is vamp; due to the fact that the femme fatale is often a sexual vampire, the term "vamp" stuck when introduced by the silent movies.

The femme fatale is usually played by a strong mezzo-soprano in opera and musical theater.

Femme fatales show up often in film noir, James Bond stories, and murder mysteries.

They are often much stronger and more cunning characters than their foils; the often inept damsel in distress and the sweet, fawn-eyed, but naive ingenue.

femme fatale by Lorelili December 30, 2005

vamp 

A femme fatale character in movies or books. The character is a woman who, while not necessarily attractive, has a certain allure (usually this striking, exotic, overtly sexy glamour), and is usually a heartless, man-eating seductress.

The term is short for vampire, another term for a femme fatale.

In drama, the vamp is the sexual counterpoint for the naive, wholesome ingenue character.

The sultry lower voice of the mezzo-soprano is usually reserved for the vamp character in musicals or opera.

vamp by Lorelili December 28, 2005