Definitions by New English

Punt 

To kick someone, usually your kids, outside when the weather is nice. This helps prevent them from becoming McChildren and prevents fresh air poisoning. This can also be done with pets when the weather is nice and you don't want to have to let them in and out.

It was warm so he punted his kids outside.

Punt by New English January 21, 2009

Gurck 

A mannequin without a head.

There are a lot of gurcks in that store.

Gurck by New English January 21, 2009

American Greed Vacation 

This is the type of vacation that rich people take. They do not go to see the sights of the place they are visiting but to "relax" (except maybe to golf) and spend most of the vacation stuffing their faces with fancy food or drinking gallons of wine and lounging around the hotel or possibly the beach or pool. Generally the kinds of people who go to the same place all the time and have no appreciation for what a real vacation is.

When you go to Hawaii you see a lot of people in the resort areas on American Greed Vacations.

American Greed Vacation by New English January 10, 2009

child of the 80s 

A person born roughly between 1972 and 1984. They were little kids in the at some point in the 80s and so enjoyed toys and cartoons from that era like He-Man, She-Ra, Care Bears, GI Joe, Transformers, Jem, etc.
Also called and 80s kid or 80s child.

A true child of the 80s remembers Nickelodeon before Nicktoons, TV without The Simpsons, when MTV played videos only, and when the Disney Channel played their movies and classic cartoons and having it was like having HBO.

child of the 80s by New English December 29, 2008

Transition Era

Also simply called the "Transition", this is the time period between the 80s and 90s, from 1989 to 1991, possibly very early 1992. This corresponds with the administration of George Bush. The Cold War was over, but the 90s had not started yet since Bill Clinton was not yet in office. Cartoons of the time period were Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (along with their live-action movies) at the height of their popularity, the Nicktoons like Dough, Ren and Stimpy,and Rugrats, Captain Planet, and the latest Super Mario brothers cartoons to name a few. USA's cartoon express was still stubbornly hanging on though. This was also when music made a change from the 80s "hair bands" to the Seattle Sound and the grunge scene. Hip hop and rap were becoming more mainstream. The fashion was somewhat of a hybrid with 80s and 90s, neon colors remaining popular. This is also the same time that The Simpsonsfull length episodes premiered on the young FOX Network.

The Transition Era was awkward for all involved due to the drastic changes that occured. This has not occured before and so far not since.

Transition Era by New English December 29, 2008

lizard 

A slang for a semi truck due to the movement it makes, particularly during a wind storm.

Interstate 80 can be slow going in the winter due to the large number of lizards.

lizard by New English December 28, 2008

Franchiseville 

An area of a city that is where all or the majority of the big box stores and chain restaurants are located. Seeing a large Franchisville means that downtown businesses from a wide radius were killed off. These can even kill malls in older parts of town.

Also called generica.

Even the major mall in town did not survive when Franchiseville moved in three miles away.

Franchiseville by New English December 26, 2008