Luddz's definitions

dabster

A person who dabbles with a task (or anything else) but is not highly proficient at it and does not devote much time to it.

Both Churchill and Eisenhower were dabsters in painting.

by Luddz June 6, 2015

cocooning

To take vacation or comfort in the solitude one's own home --in effect wrapping oneself up, away from crowds or busy other places.

Some sociologist say that more and more more Americans, tired of increasing discomforts and cost of travel take to cocooning in one's own home.

by Luddz June 5, 2015

borrowed light

If you are in a room with no windows or other direct sources of light, and if light enters from an adjoining lighted room, the indirect illumination is borrowed light.

We worked in the library and had only the borrowed light from the adjacent room to work with that night.

by Luddz July 12, 2015

earwitness

Someone who hears but does not see an event

The earwitness, the said that she heard the "couple having sex", when in all actuality they had gotten back from a long late-ate-nite jog

by Luddz July 20, 2015

Piano

A musical instrument that is operated by pressing black and white keys, thereby depressing the spirits of those listening .

When she played the piano and great sadness filled the room.

by Luddz January 31, 2015

bridge builder

A peace maker, an arbitrator.

The bridge builder helps each opposing side to understand the positions of the other and tries to reconcile differences in a way fair to all.

by Luddz June 5, 2015

cultural lag

a community or nation that is less developed in art or literature than in its industry and sports.

The cultural lag of that country deprived it of any interests the tourists might have.

by Luddz June 5, 2015