A portmanteau of correct and rectify.
To correctify something means to obsessively nitpick over details which in the pointy-headed purist's mind are so torturously annoying that he can't help but speak up about it. The significance of such details, however, is pure truthiness.
A behavior commonly associated with period nazis in the SCA and other medieval-recreation societies and LARPs.
To correctify something means to obsessively nitpick over details which in the pointy-headed purist's mind are so torturously annoying that he can't help but speak up about it. The significance of such details, however, is pure truthiness.
A behavior commonly associated with period nazis in the SCA and other medieval-recreation societies and LARPs.
Madus as they are used in the Amtgard LARP are hardly recognizable as "actual" madus, yet you'll often see players correctifying each other about what "real" madus should look like.
by MatthiasFW April 22, 2008
Almost a yes, but still an answer in the negative. You really want to say 'yes', but for whatever reason you have to say 'no'.
Variants: 'nyope' and 'nyuh-uh'
Antonym: 'nyes'
Variants: 'nyope' and 'nyuh-uh'
Antonym: 'nyes'
"Hey, baby, let's get this new 40-inch widescreen television."
*sigh* "Nyope. Can't afford it right now, hon."
*sigh* "Nyope. Can't afford it right now, hon."
by MatthiasFW August 10, 2008
The seductive pose assumed by a woman who would otherwise be topless except for covering her breasts with her hands. Often used as a 'substitute' for swimwear or lingerie or in photos of topless models without too great a risk of being censored.
Can also be applied to men with manboobs who assume the same position.
Can also be applied to men with manboobs who assume the same position.
by MatthiasFW April 05, 2007
A portmanteau of hype and typecast, hypecasting is where a company adopts a popular song as a theme song for its commercials, running them for so long a period of time or so frequently that whenever one hears the song, one cannot help but think of the company who co-opted it. Often the corporation will take a specific line of the song and focus on that section of the song to the exclusion of the rest of its lyrics, effectively "typecasting" the song as the theme song of said company, overruling the song's original message.
by MatthiasFW June 27, 2007
A computer application so ineptly designed that you decide you don't really need what it does, *that* badly.
I could really use a mail program, but I'm not desperate enough to get mail to want to use that piece of crudware called Microsoft Outlook.
by MatthiasFW November 27, 2005
by MatthiasFW January 11, 2006
Those ethnic groups which reside in the jurisdiction of recognized nations rather than having an independent state of their own. Fourth-world peoples are excluded from positions of power in those governments, and frequently have de facto if not de jure status as second-class citizens or worse.
by MatthiasFW June 12, 2007