Definitions by NYandwhat

/ 

Commonly-used Internet character, synonymous with a question mark. This is because on a keyboard, ? and / appear on the same key, with a sometimes-forgotten shift key differentiating between the two. In a hurry, AIM users will sometimes neglect going back and fixing the question mark.

AIMuser: hey, how r u/

/ by NYandwhat January 6, 2007

ntl

AIM and other computer shorthand for nevertheless. Similar to btw for "by the way" or imo for "in my opinion."

In informal typing settings where AIM-style shorthand is acceptable, ntl could replace nevertheless without any changes to the rest of the sentence.

ntl by NYandwhat September 21, 2005

fake originality 

When someone thinks they're so original and clever because they thought up something everyone has heard before.

"I like to call Target 'Tar-jay' to make it sound fancy."
"I don't watch that show, and none of my friends do either. They should call it 'Everybody Hates Raymond.'" (waits for laughter)

"I heard that from someone else today. Enough fake originality."

fake originality by NYandwhat June 5, 2005

rice krispie treats 

Money, in any form. It was first used on the tv show Family Guy, but has since been adopted to a degree and can be used.

Give me my rice krispie treats already, you've owed me $50 for about a month now.

rice krispie treats by NYandwhat February 23, 2005

metaphorgasm 

What happens when someone overreacts, gushingly, to an overanalytical comment about literature.

The English teacher had a metaphorgasm when the student compared the clouds in the poem to femininity and the sun in the poem to masculinity.

metaphorgasm by NYandwhat February 8, 2005

travishamockery 

Originally from a beer commercial, a travishamockery is a combination of a travesty, a sham and a mockery. In other words, something really, really unfair and unjust.

Many people thought the recount during the 2000 election in Florida was a travishamockery.

travishamockery by NYandwhat December 21, 2004

colorbar 

A decoration put on a blog. Colorbars commonly contain images tinted in six colors, with the caption "(Subject of pictures) is love." Originally, the colorbar was meant to support gay marriage with the caption "Marriage is love," and colored blocks, instead of tinted images, but since then they have been adapted for celebrities, tv shows, sports teams and other things.

If you check my profile on LiveJournal, you'll notice I put a Family Guy colorbar on it because I'm a big fan of the show.

colorbar by NYandwhat December 21, 2004