Nupe's definitions

Flitterati

The liberal upper-middle-classes of urban England who flee the dubious delights of their own cities to buy property in fashionable rural regions abroad.

"The flitterati are going to have to choose a new destination now that the property bubble in rural France has burst."

by Nupe February 8, 2004

downshifters

People who had a good professional job and (usually) a house which had significantly increased in value - but then they realised that by selling the house and moving to another (usually rural, far cheaper) area of the country, they could 'downshift' their lives and yet still have a small fortune in the bank + less stress, less work, more time with the family, more money.

See also: downshifting.

I know a couple who downshifted from their £2.1m house in London. She was in teaching, he was an accountant. Now they run a great little art gallery during the summer in the wilds of the Derbyshire Peak District, and just make art and teach their kids for most of the year."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

flow

1) When an off-road cyclist is able to negotiate a regular route without thinking about it, he is able to "flow".

2) The way a racing track for off-road mountain bikers is planned and prepared; it must have good "flow".

"I'm getting the flow of the route now."

"The trail rolls and winds through
beautiful open fields and wooded areas and generally has a nice flow."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

digicam

Small consumer digital camera, without many of the manual features of a digital SLR camera.

"I finally got a new digicam."

"I got a new digital SLR, so the old digicam has been handed down to the kids."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

nfo

The .nfo file included with a pirated software package. Those in the know will open this with MS Notepad, as it is actually a plain text file. The nfo usually contains a pirate "crew"'s ascii art logo at the top, which bears a resemblance to raw code to the uninitiated, and gets mangled into gibberish if opened in anything other than Notepad.

Usually associated with: ISO, crew, rar, crack, keygen, rip, reg, courier, 0-day.

Q: "I opened the rar from the 0-day. Many thanks to the courier & crew for this one; glad it's not a big ISO. But where's the serial number? Or do I have to use a keygen to reg this rip?"

A: "Just open up the nfo, newbie. The cereal is in there."

by Nupe January 6, 2004

boarders

What avid skateboarders and snowboarders call themselves. (They do in the Anglosphere, anyway).

See also: sk8, skateboarders

"Snow Skate Girl magazine is for girls who want a little action, packed with interviews of professional and amateur boarders."

by Nupe January 20, 2004

charity shop

British equivalent to the USA's "thrift store".

"The band's clothes look like they were nicked from the local charity shop."

by Nupe January 6, 2004