A Roman emperor (63 BCE to 14 CE), winner of the civil war that ensued after the death of Julius Caesar. The month of August gets its name from Augustus. He was a patron of the arts, and despite his bloody ways his reign is often seen as commencing golden age in Rome.
by moonbug November 12, 2006
A proper name. Anchises was the father of Aeneas through Venus and is a major character in the epic poem by Virgil, the Aeneid.
by moonbug April 08, 2005
The central interior of British Columbia is currently experiencing a Pine Beetle Epidemic. Thousands of hectares of pine forests are dead or dying die to infection by pine beetles. The epidemic has partially been caused by Climate Change, because the winters in the interior no longer get cold enough to hold the pine beetle in check.
by moonbug November 13, 2006
An adjective used to describe anyone who spent a lot of time on the now defunct, official Smashing Pumpkins message board (O-Board) in the Meaning of Symbols forum. MOSers were the main participants in the Mystery of Glass and the Machines of God.
Ramdust was an archetypical MOSer. He was instrumental in finding some of the passcodes for locked sites at the height of the mystery.
by moonbug November 13, 2006
Derogatory adjective used to disparage enviromentally conscious people. An envirotard may simply like eating organic food, or they may be really active in the enviromental movement. People who, for some reason, find taking care of the earth offensive or somehow stupid, call people who care envirotards.
Man, I wanted to bone that chick but she is a vegan envirotard who won't fuck smokers or men that eat meat. What a commie bitchwad!
by moonbug November 17, 2006
Also known as Haida Gwaii, the Queen Charlotte Islands are an archepelago off of the coast of British Columbia. The Islands are accessable via a ferry from the mainland.
The Queen Charlotte Islands have been logged, but the forests on Moresby island remain mostly intact.
by moonbug November 12, 2006
Public Relations slang for the tactic of repeating some fake factoid so loudly and so often that many people start to believe it. It is even more effective if public figures and celebrities are used in the echo chamber.
This technique was used for years to debunk those who noted the first signs of climate change.
This technique was used for years to debunk those who noted the first signs of climate change.
by moonbug November 17, 2006